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.

Study Examines Post Deficit Reduction Effects

A new study concludes that in-office based imaging facilities fared better than hospital out-patient centers even after three years of steep cuts to in-office care under the Deficit Reduction Act.

Alberta Mounts Large Scale Review of Radiology After Major Errors

The Alberta government in Canadian has called for a sweeping review of all diagnostic imaging and pathology tests in the province after multiple errors were found, which in several cases led to different diagnosis.

Interventional Radiologists Better, Less Expensive for Treating PAD

For treating patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), interventional radiologists cost Medicare less and resulted in better outcomes compared to other specialists.

Senate Passes Bill to Promote Domestic Isotope Production

The U.S. Senate passed a bill designed to address the shortage of medical isotopes used in the vast majority of nuclear medicine scans.

GE Pays $30 Million to Settle Over-Billing Accusation

GE Healthcare got a little more than it bargained for when it acquired Amersham Health Inc. in 2004. The company recently paid the federal government $30 million to settle allegations that Amersham violated the False Claims Act.

Vermont Radiologists Lobby Against Medicaid Pay Cut

Vermont radiologists made their opinions known about a proposed 21% cut to Medicaid reimbursement, and the legislature lowered the reduction to just 2%.

The 100 Largest Private Radiology Practices

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Welcome to the fifth annual radiology-group survey results. A different approach in gathering information was used this year. In the past, the survey was 100% based on submissions provided by the groups themselves. This year, the Radiology Business Journal staff researched the practice market and sought out large groups, asking them to submit information. Some entries were based on information taken from the groups’ websites. The results look complete and do represent the largest 100 radiology groups owned by radiologists in the country.

Johns Hopkins Researchers to Use Imaging to Detect Cancer in Cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins will begin searching for new ways to detect cancers in the earliest stages within cells using advanced imaging techniques.