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.

CMS proposes Medicare coverage for T-TEER
CMS has proposed covering tricuspid TEER for patients who present with symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation despite optimal medical therapy. The agency still has questions about the available data, however, and is seeking public comments as it makes its final decision.
Healthcare AI newswatch: Fail-fast AI skunk works, writerly doctors avoiding AI scribes, more
Is trial and error any way for a sprawling health system to roll out AI? Duke Health’s chief medical information officer believes so.
Epic, Microsoft lead the AI vendor charge into healthcare: KLAS
Many if not most hospitals and other provider organizations take a decided interest in what their peer institutions are doing with AI. A major motivator for the keen curiosity is gauging how well one is keeping up with the Joneses. So to speak.
FTC halts case against PBMs, citing lack of commissioners
The FTC has back-burnered its price collusion case against CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts after significant staff departures at the agency left it uncertain how to proceed.
Dr. Oz confirmed by Senate to lead CMS in a 53-45 vote
The confirmation vote mostly fell on party lines. The Emmy-award-winning TV personality will replace Chiquita W. Brooks-LaSure, who has held the position since 2021.

iCAD Launches 10-Year Study to Examine IORT Treatment Outcomes

Of the 250,000 new cases of breast cancer detected annually, intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT) vendor iCAD believes its Xoft Axxent eBx system may be able to treat as many as 110,000, sparing many women the months-long, post-surgical treatment associated with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT).

Radisphere Closes $15 M Venture Capital Loan

Farmington, CT-based Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (HTFC) finalized a $15 million venture loan to Radisphere National Radiology Group Wednesday, a move both companies say will provide a valuable platform from which the specialty practice group can grow.

Donald P. Rosen, MD to Head ACR ImageMetrix

ACR has tapped imaging contract research mega-star Donald P. Rosen, MD as CEO of its for-profit CRO, ImageMetrix.

ACR Weighs in on Implications of House GOP 2013 Budget

Medicare is one of a number of items House Republicans would put on the chopping block in their 2013 federal budget proposal, “The Path to Prosperity”.

Merge Healthcare, AG Mednet Partner on Imaging Platform for Clinical Trials

A new partnership between clinical research software developer Merge Healthcare and image collection specialists AG Mednet will pair the resources of the two in developing an automated logistics platform for use in imaging trials.

Quality Report Cards have Limited Impact on Care, AMA Says

Patients who rely on CMS quality metrics when selecting their diagnostic imaging provider might find that information doesn’t matter so much.

Love for CMS 5010 Compliance Deadline Roll-Back Not Universal

In authorizing a second deadline extension for compliance with its 5010 EHR standards this week, CMS is extending the timetable for providers and payers by another 90 days.

Strategic Radiology Adds Radiology Associates of North Texas to Its Group

The second-largest radiology group in the country has hitched its star to a new wagon.

Management

CMS proposes Medicare coverage for T-TEER

Healthcare AI newswatch: Fail-fast AI skunk works, writerly doctors avoiding AI scribes, more

Epic, Microsoft lead the AI vendor charge into healthcare: KLAS

FTC halts case against PBMs, citing lack of commissioners

Dr. Oz confirmed by Senate to lead CMS in a 53-45 vote