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 details new risk with Johnson & Johnson heart pump controllers after patient’s death
This latest alert was put in place after Johnson & Johnson MedTech learned that some of its Automated Impella Controllers were built to the wrong specifications, impacting their ability to function. Affected devices should not be used going forward.
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.”

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To tell or not to tell: Do patients really need to know who—or what—writes their doctor’s notes?

When blinded as to authorship, healthcare consumers slightly prefer medical messages composed by generative AI to those written by human clinicians.

CMS ends ACA special enrollment, changes deadline for signing up

Changes are coming to the Affordable Care Act marketplace, with the new deadline for annual enrollment shifted to Dec. 15.

Vintage neon drug sign at the Walgreens pharmacy on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans.

Walgreens $10B private equity buyout financed by 83% debt

A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals details on how Sycamore Partners intends to pay for the struggling pharmacy chain.

Family files lawsuit after transplant ends in tragedy—says son ‘got the heart of a meth addict’

A Florida family is suing Mayo Clinic for allegedly performing a heart transplant without communicating certain risks associated with the donated organ. Mayo Clinic has pushed back against those claims, saying it acted appropriately every step of the way.

FDA clears AI-assisted CCTA software that assesses plaques for signs of heart disease

Caristo Diagnostics, an Oxford-based medtech company founded by cardiologists, has gained FDA clearance for its CaRi-Plaque technology.

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Radiology the top specialty in compensation per hour, new AMA survey says

The profession led the way with average hourly pay of about $281.27, based on answers from 2,653 rads across 78 departments.

Physician congressman says Medicare pay fix is back on

The American College of Radiology was among dozens of medical societies writing to House representatives on Monday, asking them to reconsider the omission.

American Board of Radiology reveals key changes to IR/DR Certifying Exam

ABR is eliminating the computer-based component of the IR/DR Certifying Exam and requiring interventional radiology candidates to pass an oral test, like their DR counterparts.

Management

FDA details new risk with Johnson & Johnson heart pump controllers after patient’s death

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