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.

Patients making under $50K are less likely to have claim denials reversed, study shows
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts and the University of Toronto found that racial minorities were less likely to have a medical insurance claim appeal approved, as were men more broadly.
RFK fires entire vaccine committee at CDC
The Department of Health and Human —under the direction of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—has released all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing a need to enact President Donald Trump's agenda of restoring science to a "gold standard."
Radiology societies urge commercial payers to update coverage for key interventional procedure
A total of 10 professional associations—also representing pain medicine, anesthesia and rehab specialists—recently messaged more than a dozen payers across the U.S.
Single emergency department charts 90% uptick in CT use since 2015
The uptick came during a time when the number of ED episodes increased by only 8% at the same institution, with defensive medicine one possible driver.
Rad Partners now has 200 radiology residents working across 10 programs
RP said it has two more residency program slated to launch in 2026, with its research institute developing curriculum focused on artificial intelligence and the business of imaging.

Healthcare orgs investing big in AI, expect positive returns

Healthcare executives and organizations are extremely confident AI will be the solution to several problems within the industry. They're so confident, in fact, organizations are expected to invest an average of $32.4 million each in AI over the next five years, according to a recent survey of healthcare executives.

FDA reaches ‘difficult compromise’ in fight against e-cigarettes

The FDA plans to take aggressive steps toward limiting youth access to tobacco products and banning the sale of flavored nicotine, the organization’s commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, MD, has announced in a statement.

VIDA PREVIEWS LUNGPRINT, AN AI-POWERED LUNG IMAGING ANALYTICS SOLUTION LAUNCHING AT RSNA 2018

CORALVILLE, Iowa, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- VIDA Diagnostics, Inc. ("VIDA"), the leader in pulmonary imaging analytics, announced it will launch LungPrint™ Discovery, an innovative AI-powered lung analysis solution for radiologists, at the Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA) 104th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 25-30 in Chicago.

Daniel Kelsey named CEO of AHRA

“As a veteran of the healthcare association world, I’m very excited to join AHRA, the preeminent organization for imaging leaders, who set and live up to high standards for quality care and innovation,” Daniel Kelsey said in an Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) press release published Nov. 15.

Daniel Kelsey named new AHRA CEO

AHRA has announced that Daniel Kelsey is its new CEO. Kelsey has more than 20 years of experience with nonprofit organizations working on strategic planning and business development.

Cost reduction, disruption top of mind for healthcare leaders

Healthcare executives looking to the future understand that their organizations may need to disrupt the space and focus on cutting costs, according to a recent survey of senior leaders.

Is media coverage of breast cancer screening recommendations doing women a disservice?

Over the last several years, most media coverage of breast cancer screening recommendations has focused on conflict and controversy, according to a new study published in Women’s Health Issues.

The cost of T1D: ‘Why do we have to pay to stay alive?’

A diabetic mother saddled with medical debt from type 1 diabetes (T1D) treatments and complications is highlighting the rising costs of insulin and T1D care in the United States, Forbes reports.

Management

Patients making under $50K are less likely to have claim denials reversed, study shows

RFK fires entire vaccine committee at CDC

Radiology societies urge commercial payers to update coverage for key interventional procedure

Single emergency department charts 90% uptick in CT use since 2015

Rad Partners now has 200 radiology residents working across 10 programs