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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WellCare to buy Meridian Health Plans for $2.5B

One of the largest insurers in the U.S. behind the Big Five of UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Anthem, Cigna and Humana, WellCare would add more Medicaid and Medicare Advantage (MA) members with the purchase of Meridian Health Plans.

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Proposed tariffs on Chinese imports, including medical imaging equipment, back on the table

On Tuesday, May 29, President Donald Trump indicated the U.S. would proceed with its planned tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports.

Radiologists can reduce ABUS interpretation time by using concurrent-read CAD system

Use of a concurrent-read computer-aided detection (CAD) system when interpreting automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) examinations helps improve efficiency without negatively affecting accuracy, according to a new study published by the American Journal of Roentgenology.

FDA approves AI software to detect wrist fractures

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave software company Imagen permission to market its artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic system OsteoDetect.

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Azar ramps up rhetoric in pushing drug price blueprint

“It’s carrot and stick,” one person familiar with the strategy told Politico. “You’re with us or against us. It’s your call, but being against us is not going to stop us.”

Defining—and dealing with—radiology’s personality problem

Cultivating physician character in an increasingly tech-centered environment can be difficult for radiologists who are often isolated in their work, but in a medical landscape where quality patient care is key, imagers may need to venture outside of their comfort zone, a trio of Emory University radiologists wrote in Academic Radiology this May.

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Researchers demonstrate the power of personalizing lung cancer screening decisions for each patient

A group of researchers from the University of Michigan and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has found that clinicians can improve patient communication and potentially increase lung cancer screening program participation by personalizing the decision-making process.

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California’s rate-setting bill shelved

The legislation, sponsored by California Assemblyman Ash Kalra, a Democrat from San Jose, would have created a state commission to set rates for many medical services currently covered by private insurers in the group and nongroup markets.