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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Operations manager, doctors charged in $70M imaging kickback scheme

The scam took place over a period of seven years, resulting in Medicare being billed for more than $70 million in fraudulent claims for unnecessary scans. 

UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed in targeted attack

Brian Thompson, 50, was walking in Midtown Manhattan toward the New York Hilton Hotel, where he was expected to attend his company’s annual investor conference. He was shot by an unknown gunman who fled the scene. 

Robotic aortic valve replacement (RAVR) is a new minimally invasive treatment option for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) that uses advanced robotic surgical systems. It has already started gaining momentum as an alternative to both surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Q&A: Pioneer heart surgeon on the development and long-term potential of robotic aortic valve replacement

It's early for RAVR, but the minimally invasive technique has already started gaining momentum as an alternative to both SAVR and TAVR. We spoke to Vinay Badhwar, MD, one of the world’s leading voices in robotic heart surgery, to learn more.

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Without radiology services, beleaguered hospital system forced to temporarily close 2 EDs

The challenges occurred after Crozer Health's previous longtime radiology services provider, Southeast Radiology Ltd., shuttered in June. 

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Radiology practice produces as much greenhouse gases as 1,100 cars

The findings are from a 10-year study of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's energy consumption, recently published in RSNA's Radiology

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85% of radiation oncologists surveyed say the burden of prior authorization is worsening

Another 94% believe that this utilization-management tactic, deployed by health payers, exacerbates burnout among their staff, ASTRO reported Wednesday. 

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Man awarded $412M malpractice judgment—the largest in history

The man, Michael, was left with permanent damage to his penis after he was upsold injections by a physician assistant at NuMale Medical Center. A jury found the defendants acted negligently and committed fraud. 

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Anesthesiologist gets 190 years for injecting drugs into IV bags

The IV bags caused multiple patients to experience severe cardiac distress. The judge who sentenced former doctor Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. said his actions were “tantamount to attempted murder."