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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51% of patients seeking second-opinion review from breast imaging specialists received big interpretation changes

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology found that breast imaging specialists provide significant value to patients when conducting second-opinion review of imaging studies, even before the patient is diagnosed with breast cancer.

9 accused of submitting $950M in fraudulent health insurance claims

Federal prosecutors in California announced charges against nine individuals—including orthopedic surgeons, chiropractors and a C-suite executive—for allegedly running a 15-year scheme that submitted nearly $1 billion in fraudulent health insurance claims to the federal government, California and private insurers.

University of Minnesota devotes $2M to reduce MRI wait times

A $2 million investment for a third MRI scanner at the University of Minnesota’s Clinics and Surgery Center aims to cut into the typical two- or three-week wait time for patients.

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Clinicians show appreciation for their cancer center’s breast imaging consultation services

For years now, clinicians at a tertiary cancer center in the Northeast U.S. have cared for patients with assistance from teams of radiologists with various specialties. Are these radiologists having a positive impact on patient care? Is it easy for the clinicians to utilize these services?

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How will GE Healthcare fare on its own? Analysts are cautiously optimistic

GE Healthcare’s parent company has had a rough run lately. The corporate giant has lost half its value in 2017—and another 25 percent this year. GE was also delisted from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But Monday’s news that GE would spin off its healthcare division into a separate company could provide freedom for the standalone.

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Is it time to redefine ‘overdiagnosis’?

As overdiagnosis is increasingly recognized in the realm of cancer care, the term itself might benefit from a simpler, standardized definition, a group of researchers argue in an Annals of Internal Medicine editorial published this June.

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Wilkie opposes privatization in confirmation hearing for VA Secretary

Robert Wilkie appeared before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs (VA) for his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Department of the VA on Wednesday—three months after President Donald Trump fired then-VA Secretary David Shulkin.

Surprising number of childhood cancer survivors not concerned about their future health

Many adult survivors of childhood cancer are not concerned about their future health or developing new cancers, according to a new study published in Cancer.