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.

Enforcement of rule regulating discrimination in AI use will start May 1, ACR warns
However, it’s still uncertain whether the Trump administration will follow through with the new HHS policy update.
Hawaii’s largest hospital alerts staff after imaging backlog reaches 8,000 exams
The Aloha State is reportedly facing challenges with hiring radiologists and radiologic technologists to meet heavy demand for medical imaging.
White House to end civil service protections for 50,000 federal workers
President Donald Trump's administration said an executive order to implement Schedule F, to make it easier to fire federal works that don't align with its agenda of "draining the swamp," is forthcoming.
Proposed HHS budget would close NINR, cut nursing programs
The American Nurses Association is warning that eliminating support for the training and research offered by the National Institute of Nursing Research could be devastating to the public, as many programs support specialties such as maternal and mental health.
Most patients trust AI to interpret their imaging, but certain demographic factors shape these opinions
“Incorporating patient perspectives into AI implementation strategies ensures that these technologies improve and not hinder patient care."

Kansas Radiologist Pleads Not Guilty in $7 Million Fraud and Bribery Case

Heidi Lynn Webster, MD, a former Army officer radiologist and founder of the defense contractors MRI Resources Inc. and Pro Veteran Staffing Inc., has pleaded not guilty to charges that she and two of her business partners conspired to defraud the government

MGMA Calls For Moratorium on Stage 2 Meaningful Use Penalties

Providers who purchased an electronic health record (EHR) system that has yet to be certified for Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use incentive program are in a fix and it is unfair to penalize them for not meeting Stage 2 requirements says the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

vRad Sues Competitors Over Patent Infringement

Teleradiology provider Virtual Radiologic (vRad) has filed a patent infringement suit against radiology technology and services company Tandem Radiology and two of its teleradiology customers, Direct Radiology and Imaging Advantage

Survey Finds Hospitals Spending Less on PET/CT Systems

The August Modern Healthcare/ECRI Institute Technology Price Index revealed a 27% drop in the average price paid by surveyed hospitals for PET/CT systems between May and June

Tech at Center of Hep C Outbreak Pleads Guilty

David Kwiatkowski, a radiology technician that infected at least 45 people with hepatitis C, has plead guilty in federal court to tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire

Joint Commission Seeks Comments on Revised Requirements for Imaging

The newly revised requirements for diagnostic imaging affect ambulatory care, hospital and critical access hospital settings. Comments may be submitted between now and Sept. 25 2013

Indian Radiologists Strike, Seek Help From Human Right Group for Arrested Colleague

Indian radiologists are rallying around Dr. Gopal Battalwar, a radiologist from Nanded, after he was arrested for his alleged role in an illegal abortion

Bill Seeks End to In-Office Ancillary Services Exception for Advanced Imaging

H.R. 2914, the Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2013, seeks to curb overutilization of advanced diagnostic imaging by significantly narrowing the types of medical services that would fall under "in-office ancillary services" exception to the Stark Law

Management

Enforcement of rule regulating discrimination in AI use will start May 1, ACR warns

Hawaii’s largest hospital alerts staff after imaging backlog reaches 8,000 exams

White House to end civil service protections for 50,000 federal workers

Proposed HHS budget would close NINR, cut nursing programs

Most patients trust AI to interpret their imaging, but certain demographic factors shape these opinions