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.

FDA takes first step toward ending animal testing as part of ‘3.0 modernization'
Monoclonal antibody therapies will be the first drugs permitted to take advantage of alternatives, including advanced lab simulations and artificial intelligence. A pilot framework to phase out the decades-long requirement for animal testing will be rolled out in the coming year, the FDA said.
Cardiologist compensation drops 4%—still higher than most other healthcare specialties
Cardiology still ranks No. 4 overall, trailing just orthopedics, radiology and plastic surgery.
Opportunistic screening tool for osteoporosis nabs FDA clearance
The algorithm can be applied to noncontrast abdominal CT scans completed for any clinical indication.
Radiology M&A expert shares 6 trends to watch in 2025
Andrew Colbert, senior managing director of Ziegler, spoke at RBMA 2025, discussing teleradiology's "explosive" growth, among other developments.
Members of Congress propose faster Medicare payment pathway for imaging AI
The Health Tech Investment Act will place all FDA-approved AI devices into the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for a minimum of five years.

Fujifilm's Synapse® 5 PACS earns authority to operate on U.S. DoD Networks

Stamford, Conn.—FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of Medical Informatics and Enterprise Imaging solutions, today announced that its Synapse 5 PACS has been granted a Risk Management Framework-based (RMF) Authority to Operate (ATO) on U.S. DoD networks. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded the ATO after a rigorous 14-month process assessing Fujifilm’s comprehensive technology and evaluating Synapse 5 PACS under specific security and privacy controls outlined in the RMF.

Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 implements system-wide radiation dose monitoring, with Agfa HealthCare and PACSHealth

Agfa HealthCare announces today that it has collaborated in delivering a system-wide DoseMonitor automated software implementation, integrated with their IMPAX platform, to the Veterans Integrated Service Networks 19 (VISN 19). Contracts for DoseMonitor have already been awarded by VISN 21 and VISN 23.

Harvard: AI may help solve healthcare's red-tape problem

Artificial intelligence may help stop the “downward spiral in productivity” in the healthcare system that has been plagued by labor-intensive, inefficient administrative tasks, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review.

Elections yield mixed results for America’s heart health

While many Americans were fixated on the Congressional races during the Nov. 6 midterm elections, the American Heart Association and CEO Nancy Brown kept an eye on ballot measures with implications for cardiovascular health.

Steve Ferrara loses race to become first radiologist elected to Congress

The interventional radiologist, and former chief medical officer for the U.S. Navy, Steve Ferrara, MD, lost to his Democratic challenger and former Phoenix Mayor, Greg Stanton in the race to represent Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, according to an ArizonaCentral report.

FTC accuses Florida agency of selling $100M in fraudulent insurance plans

A federal judge has temporarily shut down Florida-based company Simple Health Plans after the Federal Trade Commission accused the agency of collecting more than $100 million in fraudulent insurance payments and leaving its enrollees with thousands of dollars in medical debt.

Could Canada afford PCSK9 inhibitors for all its eligible patients?

A clinical and economic analysis of PCSK9 inhibitors in Canadian patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is solidifying physician concerns that the lipid-lowering drugs might be too inaccessible—or too pricey—to benefit the average heart patient.

Patients want to learn imaging results as soon as possible, from their own doctor

Patients prefer to receive imaging results as soon as possible, according to new research published in Radiology. They also want that information to come from their physician and over the telephone, not through a patient portal.

Management

FDA takes first step toward ending animal testing as part of ‘3.0 modernization'

Cardiologist compensation drops 4%—still higher than most other healthcare specialties

Opportunistic screening tool for osteoporosis nabs FDA clearance

Radiology M&A expert shares 6 trends to watch in 2025

Members of Congress propose faster Medicare payment pathway for imaging AI