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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Court rules against insurers seeking $12B in ACA risk corridor payments

In a Thursday, June 14, ruling, a federal appellate court denied claims from health insurers who claimed they were owed billions of dollars from an Affordable Care Act (ACA) program. The court ruled 2-1 against two insurers who wanted the federal government to repay them for covering sicker, more expensive patients than initially expected.

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Trump issues tariffs on $50B in Chinese imports, including medical imaging devices

After multiple threats from President Donald Trump, the Office of the United States Trade Representatives (USTR) announced they will go-forward with 25 percent tariffs on approximately $50 billion worth of Chinese imports—including medical imaging equipment.

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How this Pennsylvania hospital prioritized patient flow with a $7M radiology renovation

Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, recently poured $7 million into its Center for Orthopaedics, the Daily Item reported this week—and the radiology renovation is prioritizing patient flow when many imagers are struggling to keep up with an increasing demand for their work.

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Chief of radiology describes ‘incompetence,’ neglect at Guam Memorial Hospital

Nicole Dhanraj, PhD, chief of radiology at Guam Memorial Hospital in Tamuning, submitted a written testimony to the Legislature of Guam about issues she says she encountered while working at the hospital.

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Brain imaging links hypertension to dementia

Individuals with high blood pressure are at an increased risk for developing dementia, according to an imaging study funded by the Italian government.

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Radiology departments could do much more to support research by female radiologists

Seemingly countless studies have shown radiology’s ongoing problems with diversity. How does this impact women within the specialty who focus a lot of their time and energy into producing groundbreaking research?

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Physician rating websites struggle to provide high-quality, informational content

Websites where users rate physicians are often lacking in quality standards and transparency, according to a study published June 14 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

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Radiology resident receives ARRS 2018 Certificate of Merit for educational exhibit

LeAnn Shannon, MD, a second-year diagnostic radiology resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, Tennessee, has been awarded the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2018 Certificate of Merit for her exhibit at the 118th ARRS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.