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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Verma defends halting ACA payments

After the Trump administration halted roughly $10 billion in risk adjustment payments designated for ACA insurers, CMS Administrator Seema Verma defended the decision.

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Patient says Florida physician talked about mammography to get her alone, touched her breasts

A patient at Palm Coast Urgent Care in Palm Coast, Florida, thought she was receiving advice about where she could get a mammogram. But then, she says, a physician led her into an examination room and grabbed her breasts.

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CMS proposals aim to free physicians to spend more time with patients

CMS proposed several changes with wide-ranging goals, including aiming to reduce administrative burdens on doctors to spend more time with patients, the agency announced Thursday, July 12.

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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.