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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Update: ACR cheers addition of key provision to surprise billing legislation

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has cheered the inclusion of a key provision to the No Surprises Act (HR 3630), new legislation designed to address the issue of surprise medical bills.

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Merger talks are over for Care New England, Lifespan

Merger talks between Care New England, one of the largest healthcare systems in Rhode Island, Brown University and Lifespan, operator of Rhode Island Hospital, are over.

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6 can’t-miss sessions at AHRA 2019

AHRA 2019, the annual meeting of AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management, begins in just a few short days. It’s time to pack those bags and finalize that schedule!  

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Open for input: AI in Healthcare 2019 Leadership Survey

Seeking to gather and share data on the state of AI in healthcare, AI in Healthcare has opened its inaugural leadership survey. Questions cover how healthcare organizations are paying for AI, whether they’re buying or building their AI-enabled solutions, where AI’s potential is already being realized—and more. Take the survey.

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ACR expresses concerns with surprise billing legislation

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has expressed “serious concerns” with the No Surprises Act— legislation geared toward ending surprise medical bills, in a July 16 statement.

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Legislation aims to improve patient access to diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals

Reps. Scott Peters, Bobby L. Rush and George Holding introduced a bipartisan bill this week that would increase patient access to key diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals used to help treat Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and numerous cancers.

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Tech investors award AI startups that are reinventing work

Over the last six years, Dell Technologies Capital has plunked down more than $600 million to invest in startups focused on accelerating the “reinventing work” evolution. Microsoft’s M12 venture fund has shown similar enthusiasm.

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3 keys to patient-physician trust in the age of AI

Often lost in discussions about AI’s unfolding impact on healthcare is its uncertain effect on patient-physician relationships. The authors of an opinion piece published July 15 in JAMA take up a key question underlying this lack.