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.

ARA Diagnostic Imaging

Radiology Partners affiliate ARA Diagnostic Imaging reaches in-network deal with UnitedHealthcare

The country's largest commercial insurer knocked the Austin, Texas, practice out of network in April 2023, after it had reportedly sought a 34% price hike over five years. 

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Radiologists call for action to address ‘growing suburban-urban gap’ in breast cancer detection

At Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, suburban screening sites have been quicker to recover than other outposts located in the city, experts write in Clinical Imaging

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Healthcare AI Digest

Don’t judge DeepSeek on the innovativeness of its programming. Judge it on the degree to which it shakes up the economics of the AI market.

Cigna

Cigna announces changes to improve prior authorization, customer satisfaction

The insurance giant said it will link executive compensation to provider and patient satisfaction, in addition to releasing an annual transparency report on claims reimbursement and denials.

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CDC reportedly instructed to ban words, including ‘gender’ and ‘transgender’

According to multiple reports citing officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the terms “non-binary,” “nonbinary,” “assigned male at birth,” “assigned female at birth,” “biologically male,” and “biologically female” are also no longer acceptable.  

Scott Whitaker

Imaging lobbying group wants medical devices exempt from Trump tariffs

The White House announced the action Feb. 1, implementing a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% for products from China.

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Simple IT tweak fuels same-day radiologist reads and clinic visits

Radiologists have helped devise an approach that allows patients to receive imaging results during a same-day appointment. 

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Radiology department launches ‘financially viable’ 2nd-opinion service, ditches ‘curbside consults’

Texas Children’s Hospital experts detailed their efforts Jan. 30 in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.