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.

80% of requests for emergency head CT inadequate, single-center study finds
Addressing these inappropriate imaging referrals is necessary to reduce healthcare costs, radiation exposure and pollution, experts write in Insights into Imaging.
63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages
Approximately 42% of those polled aren’t confident progress will be made in the next decade to address the shortfall, Medscape found.
Report: DOJ investigating business practices of UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx
Bloomberg said the pharmacy benefit manager is being probed as part of a larger look into the “prescription management services” of UnitedHealth. According to sources, this may be related to an ongoing investigation into alleged instances of Medicare Advantage upcoding.
New $6B Eversana looks to bypass PBMs and lower drug prices
A merger between Eversana and Waltz Health will create a new entity that CEO Mark Thierer says will upend the “existing oligopoly that I helped build.”
Dispute between Johns Hopkins and UnitedHealthcare pushes patients out-of-network
The two said they’ve been negotiating terms for eight months. Sticking points include denied claims and coverage disputes, with both the insurer and health system pointing fingers.

What mycoplasma pneumonia looks like on imaging.

Mycoplasma pneumonia: Experts highlight imaging findings linked to the pediatric diagnosis

Following a recent surge of mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia cases, experts have issued new guidance to help providers quickly identify and treat the condition, with imaging playing a prominent role.

FDA announces recall of Medtronic interventional radiology devices after 17 injuries, 4 deaths

One product is being pulled from the market, and the other is receiving updated instructions for use.

Imaging experts question validity of new CMS quality measure aimed at reducing CT radiation exposure

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine recently convened a panel of industry experts, devising a list of issues with the new quality metric.

Annual lung cancer screening adherence drops after initial exam, underlining need for intervention

“Focusing on programmatic resources in the first follow-up period may provide a significant return on investment," experts write in JAMA Network Open.

Healthcare AI newswatch: Payer AI regulation please, pharmacy AI, nurses v. AI redux

Unionized nurses: ‘AI overrides our expertise and degrades the quality of care.’

artificial intelligence AI in healthcare equity equality disparities

Will AI help or hurt the cause of healthcare equality?

AI has a long way to go before it meaningfully closes disparities in healthcare access and delivery. In fact, even when aimed at that goal, the technology can backfire.

Veterans Affairs ends gender-affirming care for new trans patients

The agency said it will no longer offer hormone therapy to veterans with gender dysphoria, unless they are already receiving it.

HHS, VA rehiring 5,000 workers after court halts DOGE purge

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s mass firings have been temporarily halted by an injunction, resulting in 18 federal agencies being ordered to rehire over 24,000 workers.

Management

80% of requests for emergency head CT inadequate, single-center study finds

63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages

Report: DOJ investigating business practices of UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx

New $6B Eversana looks to bypass PBMs and lower drug prices

Dispute between Johns Hopkins and UnitedHealthcare pushes patients out-of-network