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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The 10 largest ACOs

A new report from IQVIA has collected information on the largest accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the country based on the number of participating facilities, along with portions of organizational and professional rosters as well as the largest organizations in four of the ACO models offered by CMS.

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MSU reinstates radiology chair after finding no evidence he obstructed Larry Nassar investigation

Michigan State University (MSU) suspended its chair of radiology, Suresh Mukherji, MD, MBA, in February in the wake of the scandal surrounding former MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Now, after a university review concluded Mukherji did not attempt to obstruct the Nassar investigation or violate any school policy, he has been fully reinstated.

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Trump proposes tariffs on a host of Chinese imports—including medical imaging equipment

In what some are calling the early stages in a trade war between the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. government has announced plans to place tariffs on more than 1,000 products imported from China—including medical imaging equipment.

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Family files lawsuit against radiologist, 2 other doctors, 2 California hospitals for medical negligence

In December 2016, a 59-year-old patient from Middletown, California, saw doctors twice in eight days at two different hospitals for upper back pain. The day after her second visit, she died after her aorta ruptured.

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US proposes new tariffs on Chinese imports—including medical imaging equipment

The U.S. government has proposed tariffs on more than a thousand products imported from China, including medical imaging equipment.

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Patient portals could be causing additional patient stress

Patient portals are touted as a new avenue to improve engagement. But this new method of communication may be the cause of addition stress in the patients, according to the Washington Post.

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Charlotte Radiology forms new venture, US Radiology Specialists, with healthcare investment firm

Charlotte Radiology, a private radiology practice based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, and the healthcare investment firm of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) have announced the formation of a new venture, US Radiology Specialists.

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How a Stanford radiologist is tackling the field’s diversity problem

Stanford pediatric radiologist Heike Daldrup-Link, MD, believes radiology has a diversity problem and is spearheading a long-term approach within the university’s own department and across the entire field.