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.

FDA Announces Broad Recall of GE Nuclear Medicine Systems

The FDA yesterday announced a Class I recall of 22 different models of nuclear cameras sold by GE Healthcare, some of which have been on the market since 1992

GE Makes Major Donation to Radiology Leadership Institute

GE Healthcare announced that it has made a “significant” donation to the ACR Foundation’s Leading Radiology into the Future campaign, although neither GE nor the ACR disclosed the exact amount

USPSTF Issues Draft Recommendation for Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening

The influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued a draft grade “B” recommendation in favor of annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT in current or former heavy smokers between the ages 55 of 79

Zotec to Acquire MMP for $200 Million

Zotec Partners LLC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a subsidiary of the publicly traded CBIZ, Inc., and take the company private.

AHRA and Toshiba Now Accepting Putting Patients First Grant Applications

For the sixth year in a row, Toshiba America Medical Systems is teaming with AHRA to offer grants to winning imaging education and patient care improvement programs at hospitals and imaging centers

RBM Business Booms for Magellan

Magellan Health Services Inc., health benefits management company based in Avon, Conn., says its second-quarter earnings rose 17% despite some rising expenses

Canon Celebrates Grand Opening of New Americas Headquarters

Canon U.S.A. Inc. invited notable elected officials, including Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), to tour its new 700,000-square-foot headquarters in Melville, NY, at the grand opening ceremony

Efficient Expansion on Medicare Margins: Eisenhower Radiology Medical Group

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Eisenhower Radiology Medical Group (ERMG) has accomplished what many would consider impossible: rapid, recent expansion during a recession, with a patient base composed primarily of Medicare beneficiaries. The 17-radiologist group, located in Rancho Mirage, California, has added three imaging centers to its roster in as many years, according to Blair Dick, business administrator for the practice. “One of the biggest challenges we’ve faced was expanding from one facility to four in this economic environment, which is one of the worst we’ve ever faced,” Dick says. “We did it because we wanted to position ourselves to accommodate the increased demand for imaging services that will result from health-care reform.”