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.

RANT Named Biggest Practice by FTE Radiologists

Radiology Associates of North Texas, based in Forth Worth, Tex, held onto the top spot in the annual Radiology Business Journal ranking of largest radiology practices by full-time equivalent (FTE) radiologists

Former Exeter Hospital Radiologic Tech Sentenced to 39 Years

David Kwiatkowski, a fentanyl-addicted radiology technician who had worked at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire, had already pleaded guilty to infecting at least 46 patients with hepatitis C in exchange for limiting his sentence to no more than 40 years

RSNA Session: Romneycare Holds Lessons for Radiology

The experience of health care providers in Massachusetts is valuable to consider when examining how health care reform might impact the role of radiologists in the future, noted speakers at a Monday morning RSNA session

RSNA Trendwatch: Structured Reporting

Call it structured, call it actionable, or call it both -- whatever name you give it, it's undeniable that improving radiology reports is a significant trend at this year's RSNA

2014 MPFS Includes Additional Imaging Cuts and Makes SGR Threat Real

The final 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes particularly harsh news for providers of image-guided breast biopsies, and threatens a 24% reimbursement cut to all physicians if the SGR is allowed to go into effect on New Year's Day

RSNA and Regenstrief Institute Team on Standardizing Radiology Procedure Naming

Creating a common system of radiology procedure names is an important step in achieving interoperability of radiology test results in electronic medical record systems and health information exchange, say the two organizations

More Than 700 Vendors Bring Latest to RSNA

A total of 705 exhibitors are in attendance this year, and of those, 105 are first-time exhibitors at RSNA. Check our list of new product releases

RSNA President: Multidisciplinary Teams Key to Radiology's Future

In her opening session address, Sarah Donaldson, M.D., called on radiologists to focus on becoming bigger players in multidisciplinary teams that meet directly with patients as a way to demonstrate radiology's value to the public