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.

California imaging center manager sentenced to 5 years for kickback scheme

Gonzalo Paredes, 63, was convicted of 51 felony counts for his role in the “largest healthcare insurance fraud scheme in the history of San Diego,” which was dubbed Operation Backlash, according to a statement from the San Diego DA.

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Why Humana is on the ‘bleeding edge’ of integrated care

HealthExec caught up with Humana's new CMO, William Shrank, MD, MSHS, for a sit-down interview at our headquarters to chat about all things integrated care and what keeps him up at night.

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Why do trainees lack interest in interventional radiology?

Interventional radiology (IR) is quickly evolving, but demand for the sub-specialists far outweighs the supply. Authors of a new study published in Clinical Radiology sought to get a better picture of what young doctors think of IR.

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UNC Children’s Hospital suspends complex heart surgeries after media investigation

North Carolina Children’s Hospital has suspended heart surgeries for complex cases in the aftermath of an explosive New York Times investigation that found the hospital’s heart unit had an alarmingly high mortality rate.

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Geisinger appoints CEO, president

Geisinger, a health system that serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has named Jaewon Ryu, MD, as its new president and CEO. Ryu, who has served as interim president and CEO since November 2018, will assume the position July 1.

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Imaging center office manager sentenced to 5 years in prison for fraud scheme

The office manager at a California imaging center has been sentenced to five years in state prison for his role in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme.

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Some experts are seriously wary of AI in healthcare

A Harvard Law School professor is warning that AI may be hazardous to the health of U.S. healthcare.

Podcast explores a cancer patient’s quest for low-cost MRIs

In the most recent episode of the Kaiser Health News podcast “An Arm And A Leg,” host Dan Weissmann sits down with a patient living with brain cancer to learn how she shopped around for low cost brain MRIs, ultimately saving hundreds each year.