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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Radiology groups urge Trump administration to exempt docs from $100,000 visa fee

The White House first issued the presidential proclamation on Sept. 19 with the stated goal of restricting certain nonimmigrants’ access to the U.S. 

Department of Commerce launches investigation into imaging device imports, with potential for new tariffs

Authorities are seeking to determine the impact on national security of importing CT scanners, MRI machines, X-ray apparatuses and other radiologic equipment. 

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Fraudulent nursing degree program linked to patient death in Missouri, prosecutors argue

Carleen Noreus, 51, faces allegations of running a pay-for-play nursing degree program, which may have helped unqualified people achieve licenses. Prosecutors are attempting to link the program to a medical error that killed a patient.

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LCMC Health agrees to settle class action lawsuit over use of data trackers

The nonprofit health system had allegedly deployed Meta Pixel, a common advertising tool, on its patient portal. This likely exposed sensitive health information to third parties. However, the hospital denies wrongdoing. 

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Trump’s Commerce Department floats new medical device tariffs to ‘protect national security’

The U.S. Department of Commerce is investigating domestic medical product manufacturing, as well as imports, to gauge how "state-sponsored overproduction" is impacting supply chain security. 

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Fewer than 30% of FDA-cleared AI devices share key safety, adverse event info prior to approval

A new analysis is prompting questions regarding how rigorously many of the AI-enabled tools approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are evaluated prior to their clearance. 

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Does BMI affect AI's accuracy when assessing CT scans?

AI is only as effective as the data it was trained on, and many datasets lack diversity in terms of patient body mass index.

U.S. considering new tariffs for heart valves, imaging equipment and other medical devices

The Department of Commerce is seeking more information about how current trade policies are impacting the U.S. medtech industry. The investigation could lead to the creation of new tariffs. Public comments are being accepted until Oct. 17, and the findings will be presented to President Donald Trump.