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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AHA: Proposed Senate bill neglects patients with pre-existing conditions

Just weeks after Senate bill 3388 was introduced to Congress, major U.S. health organizations like the American Heart Association are warning that despite legislative efforts to ensure equal access to healthcare, the bill wouldn’t adequately protect patients with pre-existing conditions.

ACA benefits, healthcare costs huge issues for voters

Voters are thinking about healthcare when it comes to the upcoming 2018 midterm elections, with pre-existing conditions becoming a widespread concern and a top campaign issue, according to the latest tracking poll from Kaiser Health.

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CDI to partner with Washington's Belladonna Breast Imaging Center

The Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) announced a new partnership with Bellevue, Washington-based Belladonna Breast Imaging Center (BBIC).

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Radiologist ranked as one of the best paying jobs in Canada

Working in radiology is one of the best paying jobs in all of Canada, according to a recent analysis from University Magazine.

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Lauterbur, 'Father of the MRI,’ honored by New York university

Stony Brook University in New York will display a plaque posthumously honoring Paul Lauterbur, MD, whose work led to the development of the MRI, in its new engineering building. The university also named a campus street after the late chemist, according to a news release.

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CVS-Aetna, Cigna-Express Scripts deals close to DOJ clearance

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is close to clearing two mega deals in the healthcare space, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter.

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New imaging method targets cancer-associated fibroblasts

Researchers have developed a new nuclear medicine imaging method that works by targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), sharing their findings in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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UK's NHS spent $150M for radiology outsourcing in 2017

A new radiologist workforce report issued by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) for 2017 noted that the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) spent $150 million (£116 million) to outsource patient scans in response to the shortage of radiologists.