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.

Teenage sexting a health-and-safety risk to reckon with
Around a third of teens between 13 and 17 years old are involved with sexting—either as senders, receivers or both. Among the senders, around half become victims of unwanted re-sharing.
Universal heart screening for all athletes? Not so fast, cardiologists warn
Mandates for universal ECG screening are gaining momentum as a way to combat the risk of SCA. However, the ACC warned, modern healthcare systems were not built to withstand such a rise in demand. These mandates will also result in higher costs and other unintended consequences.
CVRx highlights revenue growth in Q4, increased momentum going forward
The company's implantable Barostim device continues to make an impact on patient care. CVRx also shared excitement about the year ahead, pointing to an important new clinical trial.
Data-based physician staffing stands to save millions of dollars for multi-hospital health systems
A data-crunching method for staffing a key clinical department has reduced physician overtime by 13 hours a day and downtime by 14 hours at a large urban health system. The researchers who tallied the results estimate daily savings at $8,400 a day.
Baxter cuts 90 jobs from IV solutions site once devastated by Hurricane Helene
The facility near Asheville, North Carolina, was shut down after floodwater from the 2024 hurricane left its production lines inoperable. It took the company roughly five months to resume normal operations—and now it’s seeing a slowdown in demand in wake of the supply chain disruption.

3 ways ‘Medicare for All’ could benefit CV research

The notion of a single-payer health system has been central to the 2020 presidential election, dominating much of the news cycle in recent months. According to an editorial published Nov. 4, that could be a good thing for physicians.

CMS 2020 payment rules draw cheers, disappointment across radiology

The ACR was "disappointed" in the final rules, while SNMMI said the changes were "good news" for nuclear medicine.

CMS rule expands coverage of PCI at ambulatory centers

CMS has finalized a rule that states, come Jan. 1, it will begin paying for certain PCIs performed at ambulatory surgical centers in the U.S.

Mateon Therapeutics completes acquisition of PointR Data

Mateon Therapeutics, a California-based biopharmaceutical company, has completed its acquisition of PointR Data, a technology company focused on AI and other advanced technologies.

CMS finalizes 2020 payment rules

CMS has finalized payment rules for 2020, dropping a controversial coding change in the Physician Fee Schedule and a proposal to force hospitals to publicly disclose their standard pricing.

Trump administration selects radiation oncologist as new FDA chief

The White House announced on Friday, Nov. 1, that it’s nominating Stephen Hahn, MD, a trained radiation oncologist, as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

ACR ‘disappointed’ as feds finalize policy that could cost field billions

Concerns stem from CMS’ plan to boost reimbursement for care-related Evaluation and Management (E/M) by about $5 billion.

Chinese-linked scientists steal US biomedical research

Other countries are targeting and stealing confidential scientific research from U.S. institutions and academic centers, according to a report from The New York Times.

Management

Teenage sexting a health-and-safety risk to reckon with

Universal heart screening for all athletes? Not so fast, cardiologists warn

CVRx highlights revenue growth in Q4, increased momentum going forward

Data-based physician staffing stands to save millions of dollars for multi-hospital health systems

Baxter cuts 90 jobs from IV solutions site once devastated by Hurricane Helene