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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Kansas to become 8th state to cover 3D mammograms in 2019

Last week, the Kansas Insurance Department announced the state will require all health insurers to cover 3D mammograms by 2019, according to an Aug. 9 article by the Kansas City Star.

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Bloomberg: CVS-Aetna deal close to clearing antitrust process

CVS Health’s takeover of health insurance giant is likely close to clearing the antitrust process with the Department of Justice, Bloomberg reported last week.

Technologist fired after using racial slur during disagreement

A technologist at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, has been fired for using a racial slur Aug. 11 at a local donut shop.

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Healthcare spending up 5.2% in June 2018 from previous year

National health spending rose 5.2 percent to $3.66 trillion in June 2018 from the previous year, according to a new insights report from Alarum.

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Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology names new chief of musculoskeletal radiology

Jack W. Jennings, MD, PhD, has been named the new chief of musculoskeletal radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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FDA continues to expand recall for valsartan-containing products

On Aug. 9, the FDA expanded its list of valsartan products currently under recall to include other items that contain the active ingredient, which may be tainted with a carcinogenic impurity, manufactured by Hetero Labs Limited in India.

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England rolls out FIT kits, reduces age for bowel cancer screening to 50

Public Health England announced late this week bowel cancer screening in the country will now start at age 50, not 60, the BBC reported.

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Radiologist loses license for 5 years after lying about treating a disabled child

A radiologist in Mumbai has had his license suspended for five years by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) after promising to treat a disabled child with stem cell therapy but only prescribing him multivitamins.