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.

CMS 2026 physician fee schedule emphasizes chronic disease management, includes pay raise
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a 3.26% reimbursement increase for all providers, with those enrolled in alternative payment models seeing a higher 3.77% rise.
Contractor for clinician-focused addiction recovery program sued over ‘punishingly expensive’ practices
The plaintiffs, 10 nurses and one doctor, are all enrolled in the state-mandated initiative for clinicians with past substance abuse issues. The rules require monitoring and regular drug testing to prove sobriety; however, the lot argues that the contractor in charge, Maximus, is being dishonestly punitive.
Class action lawsuit over 5.6M breached records at Yale New Haven settled for $18M
The settlement fund is being established for victims of the March 8 data breach, with a hearing to finalize the agreement scheduled for March 2026. Yale New Haven Health System denies any wrongdoing.
ACC raises red flags over telehealth, payment reform and the cardiologist shortage
"We need telehealth the way we had it for COVID," Cathie Biga told Cardiovascular Business at TCT 2025. "We don't want to go back to having it so restricted."
Radiologists remain dominant specialty for key clot-busting procedure, with opportunity for expansion
Cardiologists recorded the biggest overall uptick in claims at roughly 185%, according to research published Thursday in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

$5.6B acquisition of LifePoint Health approved by shareholders

A $5.6 billion merger between LifePoint Health and RCCH Healthcare Partners, which is owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, has been approved by LifePoint’s shareholders.

Many native Spanish speakers unaware of breast density information

Spanish-speaking women are faced with unique challenges when receiving information such as dense breast notifications (DBN) and mammogram results, according to new research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Insurers and payers are setting vastly different healthcare prices

Healthcare insurance companies and payers negotiate rates with providers for services and care delivered to consumers, but not all prices are negotiated the same.

Medicare is in trouble—and that’s bad news for radiologists, patients

The American College of Radiology (ACR) worked alongside many other organizations to help get Congress to repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula in 2015. However, as Rakesh A. Shah, MD, wrote in a recent commentary in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, that victory did not fix serious problems with the U.S. economy.

Cricket Health Announces Key Senior Leadership Hires

Kidney Care Company Adds Former Fresenius Medical Care Executive, Digital Health Industry Veteran, Clinical Expert to Senior Team

ASRT Foundation expands research grant funding

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Foundation has expanded its research grant funding structure, separating it into three primary tiers.

Volume remains high, but healthcare deal values drop

Healthcare deals were still happening at a quick clip during the third quarter of the year, but the value of deals declined, according to the latest analysis from PwC.

BCBS Massachusetts to give preference to freestanding imaging centers, leaving ACR concerned

Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Massachusetts announced they will give “preference” to freestanding imaging clinics over hospital-based centers through its split-level cost-sharing for x-ray and advanced imaging program, effective Jan. 1, 2019.

Management

CMS 2026 physician fee schedule emphasizes chronic disease management, includes pay raise

Contractor for clinician-focused addiction recovery program sued over ‘punishingly expensive’ practices

Class action lawsuit over 5.6M breached records at Yale New Haven settled for $18M

ACC raises red flags over telehealth, payment reform and the cardiologist shortage

Radiologists remain dominant specialty for key clot-busting procedure, with opportunity for expansion