Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

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Low-value testing—including imaging—balloons downstream utilization and may cost healthcare billions

Patients who underwent chest radiography as part of their annual health visit were more likely to go to an additional outpatient pulmonology visit or receive an abdominal or thoracic CT scan.

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What recent changes to the Paycheck Protection Program mean for your radiology practice

President Donald Trump recently signed the PPP Flexibility Act of 2020 into law, following unanimous passage in the Senate.

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Kaiser Permanente to return $500M in coronavirus aid

Kaiser Permanente is among a handful of major healthcare organizations that have promised to refund the government millions in aid meant to help health systems and hospitals deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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‘Devastating impact’: Imaging groups implore American Board of Radiology to target testing alternatives

The newly formed Multispecialty Early Radiologic Career Coalition is appealing the ABR to either administer tests virtually—as other specialty boards are doing during the pandemic—or at local testing centers around the country. 

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Simulated daily readout program mimics pre-COVID workflow, earning praise from radiology residents and faculty

The drop in imaging volumes has disrupted these key educational experiences, but New York University School of Medicine docs have replicated traditional side-by-side collaborations with great success.

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AMA announces new president, board of trustees

The largest physician’s organization in the U.S., the American Medical Association, has announced its new board of trustees and president.

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American College of Radiology expresses ‘significant concerns’ over easing physician supervision requirements

CEO William Thorwarth Jr., MD, outlined ACR’s apprehension in a recent letter to the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

Cost of coronavirus tests varies, but high costs are exceptions

Reports of sky-high costs for coronavirus testing may be the exception, with the majority of testing being “relatively tame” in cost, according to an analysis by Axios.