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.

Imaging groups utilize ‘per diem’ radiologist employment to fill workforce gaps

These arrangements typically involve non-full-time employment, compensated on an hourly, shift or daily basis without benefits or annual salary, experts write in Pediatric Radiology. 

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Senators introduce radiology-supported bill to reform prior authorization

Sens. Roger Marshall, MD, R-Kan., and Mark Warner, D-Va., are reintroducing the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, which previously drew widespread support. 

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Teleradiology outfit USARad sees quarterly revenues climb over 8%

The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based physician group—acquired by Nanox for $30 million in 2021—logged revenue of roughly $2.6 million in Q1, up from $2.4 million last year. 

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4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors

Due to the ceaseless rush of technological advancements into medicine, many future physicians graduate medical school underprepared for the digital healthcare environment. 

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New teleradiology solution promises to streamline enterprise imaging operations

Konica Minolta and NewVue announced their collaboration on cloud-based Exa Teleradiology earlier this week.

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Report: UnitedHealth rewarded nursing homes for delaying hospital transfers

Citing evidence from documents and interviews, the Guardian released an exposé accusing UnitedHealth of directly influencing the day-to-day operations of some 2,000 nursing homes, resulting in patients not receiving necessary emergency care.

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CMS vows to ramp up audits of Medicare Advantage plans

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it will increase medical coding staff from 40 to 2,000 and begin addressing its backlog of audits on Medicare Advantage plans in an effort to spot signs of fraud and abuse. 

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FDA wants new heart damage warnings added to COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines are associated with a very low risk of myocarditis and/or pericarditis, primarily in young adults. The long-term impact of this risk has been the subject of many studies and debates over the years. One side says that the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks, and the other side says that even the smallest risk of heart damage is too high.