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.

ACR Partners with NDSC on Computerized Decision Support

The goal of getting ACR evidence-based imaging appropriateness criteria into the hand of more ordering physicians as they make their clinical decisions is another step closer. On Wednesday, the ACR announced an exclusive agreement with the National Decision Support Company (NDSC) to offer Appropriateness Criteria (AC) in digitally consumable format

PACS is Back, Says New Market Report

After three years of decline, the PACS market outlook is positive through 2017 says a new Frost & Sullivan report on the North American radiology image and information management systems market.

Most Payors Now Considering ACOs

More than 3 out of 4 leaders of payor organizations now say they are considering adoption of the ACO model, finds a new survey by HealthEdge, a provider of software platforms for healthcare payors.

CMS Announces 89 New ACOs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced 89 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Fujifilm Synapse MU 3.0 Receives Complete EHR Certification

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced today that Synapse MU 3.0 has been certified as a complete EHR and is 2011/2012 compliant by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

CMS Puts MPPR Imaging Cuts Back on the Table

To find budget savings that would help cover a 7% increase in payments to Family Medicine physicians and other Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants, several proposed ideas for cutting reimbursement are back in play in the 2013 Medicare Fee Schedule Proposed Rule posted last Friday. This includes the unpopular multiple procedural

Health Care Job Growth Slows in June, Physician Office Staffs Decline

The health care sector added 13,000 jobs in June of 2012, accounting for 16% of all new jobs in the national economy, according to the latest report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. Issued Notice of Below Compliance From NYSE

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ) has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that it was below compliance with NYSE’s price criteria standard for common stock when average closing price for Alliance HealthCare stock fell below $1.00 per share for the first time this year on June 1, 2012 over a consecutive 30-trading-day