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.

ACR Updates Appropriateness Criteria

The latest version of the American College of Radiology's guidelines updated 29 appropriateness criteria topics and added 12 new criteria

Alliance Sells Radiology 24|7 to ONRAD

Radiology and radiation therapy services provider Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc, has sold its subsidiary Radiology 24|7, LLC, to teleradiology group ONRAD Inc. Radiology 24|7 generates approximately $15 million of revenue each year

6 Top Trends From RSNA 2013

The Radiological Society of North America's annual conference continues to be the place to take the pulse of the industry, and these were the top trends spotted by our reporting team

The 101 Largest Radiology Practices of 2013

The consolidation trend gathered steam in the radiology private-practice sector in 2013, a year in which the average size of the nation’s largest private practices increased from 46 FTE radiologist in 2012 to 50

Baron and Dunnick Named to Top Spots at RSNA

The Radiological Society of North American announced that Richard L. Baron, M.D., FACR, is its new Board chairman and N. Reed Dunnick, M.D., is its new president

No Bump in RSNA Attendance this Year

Preliminary numbers released by the Radiological Society of North America show that attendance was similar to last year's numbers

2014 Survival Guide: Key Issues Facing Radiology in the New Year

MMP

The recent upheavals in the world of health care have meant the arrival of new challenges with each passing year, and owing to imaging’s contributions to escalating costs, radiology has been especially hard hit in the past. 2014 will prove to be no exception, bringing a fresh slate of reimbursement and market challenges, according to Jeff Maze, director of business intelligence for Zotec Partners. “Understanding these issues, as well as their potential impact on the business of radiology, will be mission critical,” he says.

Benchmarks in 2013 Imaging-center Finances and Operations

VMG

Our company is fortunate to have the opportunity to work with a large number of single and multisite imaging centers each year. This affords us the opportunity to observe and benchmark the financial and operating trends of a statistically significant sample size of imaging centers across the nation.