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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Healthcare law specialists: Use caution when speaking to potential referral sources

Imaging providers should always be cautious when approached by a personal injury attorney about potential business, according to a new blog post on Link, the AHRA newsletter. Pursuing such opportunities could cause the specialist in question significant issues.

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‘Name your price’ tool brings affordable imaging to underinsured

New York-based healthcare startup Medmo may upend the imaging market with its new platform that allows consumers to name their own price for medical imaging tests such as MRIs or CT scans.

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SPECT imaging finds a new role in HIV research

An imaging technique that can assess immune system recovery in macaque monkeys with an HIV-like infection could have similar future applications for evaluating recovery in humans after HIV treatment, the National Institutes of Health has announced.

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Interventional radiologists keeping radiation exposure to a minimum

Interventional radiology procedures are exposing patients to less radiation than in the past, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Epic founder among health IT leaders on Forbes richest self-made women list

Judy Faulkner, founder of EHR provider Epic, was recently ranked No. 3 on Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women 2018.

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No more surprise billing? Startup lets patients name their own prices for imaging services

A new healthcare startup, New York City-based Medmo, has launched a platform that allows patients to name their own price for various imaging services, including MRIs and CT scans.

High valuations may curb healthcare M&A appetite of private equity groups

Healthcare M&A has been heating up for years, but sky-high valuations and rising competition may be causing some private equity buyers to walk away from the table.

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Women, socially vulnerable patients least likely to get screened for lung cancer

Men, those with a comfortable social life and smokers trying to quit tobacco are among populations most likely to participate in lung cancer screening programs, according to a French report published in Clinical Lung Cancer this summer.