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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Senator, 100 health groups sound alarm after ‘abrupt’ cancellation of USPSTF meeting

The influential task force dictates whether health insurers must cover preventive services such as mammograms and low-dose CT lung exams, which some say could be in jeopardy. 

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Health system spends nearly $7M on AI to boost prostate MRI performance

About 50% of cases are diagnosed early when treatment is most effective, with the hospital system hoping to reach 75% by 2028. 

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PET imaging provider hit with multi-state phishing attack

Nashville, Tennessee-based Integrated Oncology Network alerted Health and Human Services in late June about the hacking incident, with thousands potentially affected. 

Lehigh Valley Hospital

Lehigh Valley Health admits to controlled substances violations in $2.75M settlement

The Pennsylvania-based health system reported drug diversion incidents to authorities involving a pharmacy technician who used employee passwords to steal pills from one of its hospitals.

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Samsung buys Xealth to integrate consumer wearables and clinical data

Xealth’s data sharing platform will be used to make use of health information gathered from everyday devices like the Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch, the companies said.

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Sanitation issue forces FDA recall of ventilator suction systems

Ballard Closed Suction Systems will need to be returned to the manufacturer for a refund due to the high risk of a potentially fatal infection stemming from their use.

After nearly shutting down its entire interventional department, radiologists throw hospital a lifeline

Despite all of its IR providers submitting their resignations in June, a hospital in Australia appears to have avoided the complete shutdown of the department (for now). 

An FDA panel will discuss its recommendations related to Abbott's TriClip G4 transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system for tricuspid regurgitation.

Medicare now covers TriClip procedures for patients with symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation

CMS has finalized a new national coverage determination for T-TEER, sometimes known as transcatheter tricuspid valve repair. Abbott's TriClip is the only device approved by the FDA for T-TEER, but other treatment options are under development.