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.

Senate bounces spending bill back to House with 2.5% Medicare rad pay fix
In addition, there are no restrictions on pass-through entity taxes (PTET), which “benefits independent physician practices,” one expert notes.
Radiology Partners touts recent $2.3B debt refinance, placing practice on ‘strong trajectory’
“This refinancing reflects both strong financial performance and the confidence investors and lenders have in RP’s business model," CEO Rich Whitney says.
Medicare cost-cutting initiative targets ‘wasteful, inappropriate’ interventional radiology services
IRs criticized the CMS proposal, believing it could lead to excess morbidity and mortality in Medicare.
University of Chicago names radiology chair, plus more leadership moves from Cleerly, ASTRO
Other imaging organizations making recent executive changes included Columbia University, Rad AI, Harrison.ai, Lane Regional Medical Center and AHRA.
103K Medicare beneficiaries issued new IDs after ‘data incident’ at CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said “malicious actors” created fake accounts for Medicare beneficiaries through the agency’s patient portal, using stolen data from an unknown source. The incident is being investigated.

What I Learned at Pearl Harbor

As a most tumultuous year comes to a close, let’s reflect a bit on what makes the people of the United States unique, what drives us toward achievement and success, and why the health-care institutions in this amazing country will continue to thrive—despite significant headwinds and uncertainty. Our cultural DNA is structured in a way that makes it

CPR Issues Bold Statement to Health Plans and Providers to Make Prices Transparent

Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) calls on health plans and providers to make health care price information transparent to employees and consumers.

Breast Disease Society Supports Informed Patient Decision Making on Breast Cancer Screening

American Society of Breast Disease has issued a statement to help women and physicians make better informed decisions on breast cancer screening.

RamSoft Partners with M*Modal To Improve Workflow Through Speech Understanding

RamSoft has partnered with M*Modal to improve radiologist workflow by implementing M*Modals' cloud-based speech recognition into Ramsoft's PowerServer RIS/PACS.

Stage 3 Meaningful Use Regs Add Pressure to Get Imaging Studies Into EHRs

Stage 3 of Meaningful Use may make the goal of having 10 percent of imaging studies accessible through EHRs mandatory.

Obama Win Could Impact Radiology in Lame Duck Session

Obama and Romney call for the parties to now come together and get work done, as radiology watches what will happen with bills to reverse the MPPR.

Final Medicare Fee Schedule Includes MPPR Cut

Despite vigorous lobbying efforts, the 2013 Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule includes the 25% multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR).

ASRT Donates $10,000 to Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

ASRT donates $10,000 to Red Cross for relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy.

Management

Senate bounces spending bill back to House with 2.5% Medicare rad pay fix

Radiology Partners touts recent $2.3B debt refinance, placing practice on ‘strong trajectory’

Medicare cost-cutting initiative targets ‘wasteful, inappropriate’ interventional radiology services

University of Chicago names radiology chair, plus more leadership moves from Cleerly, ASTRO

103K Medicare beneficiaries issued new IDs after ‘data incident’ at CMS