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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Radiology Partners announces partnership with Jacksonville-based Mori, Bean & Brooks

Radiology Partners announced this week it has entered into a new partnership with Jacksonville, Florida-based Mori, Bean & Brooks (MBB).

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Axial chest CT IDs chamber enlargement with high specificity, reasonable sensitivity

Cardiac chamber enlargement can be identified with high specificity and reasonable sensitivity on axial chest CT images by use of gender-specific measurement thresholds, according to new research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Trump says he’ll ‘always fight’ for people with pre-existing conditions; DOJ’s stance says otherwise

As the U.S. Department of Justice works to help nullify the Affordable Care Act, recent comments by President Donald Trump directly contradict his administration’s stance.

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Trump administration hoping to roll back regulations on radiation levels

The Trump administration’s efforts to roll back regulations that limit radiation levels could take a significant step forward this week.

Kyruus Adds Seasoned Healthcare Technology Leader, Stephen Kahane, M.D., M.S., to Its Board of Directors

Senior Executive to Leverage His Experience at athenahealth, VitalWorks, and AMICAS to Advise the Patient Access Leader on its Growth Strategy and Commercial Execution

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ACR updates Appropriateness Criteria for diagnostic imaging, interventional radiology

The American College of Radiology (ACR) released an update to the ACR Appropriateness Criteria on Monday, Oct. 1. The update includes 179 diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology topics with 898 clinical variants covering more than 1,560 clinical scenarios.

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MA provider shells out $270M for False Claims Act settlement

Medicare Advantage (MA) provider HealthCare Partners Holdings has agreed to pay $270 million to resolve its False Claims Act liability after providing inaccurate information that caused MA plans to receive inflated Medicare payments, the Department of Justice announced this week.

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Synthetic mammography plus DBT detects microcalcifications at rates similar to FFDM

Synthetic mammography (SM) plus digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and full-field digital mammography (FFDM) have a comparable sensitivity and specificity for the detection of microcalcifications, according to new research published in Radiology.