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.

Intelerad Introduces RIS/PACS Solution

Intelerad Medical Systems has launched InteleSuite™, a complete and customizable set of RIS/PACS solutions that combine the company’s

Smaller Physician Salary Increases on Tap For 2012

Smaller salary increases will be the norm for physicians in 2012, according to the 2011 Physician Compensation Survey released Monday by the Hay Group, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm.

CMS: Proposed Reforms Will Save Nearly $1.1 Billion

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this week announced that it is proposing two sets of regulatory reforms and is finalizing a third rule, a move it says will reduce “unnecessary, obsolete, or burdensome regulations” as well as save hospitals and health care providers nearly $1.1 billion each year and more than $5 billion

Health Care System Falls Short of Objectives, Scorecard Reveals

The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011 shows that the U.S. health care system continues to fall short of attainable objectives.

Health Care Activity Spikes, Dominates M&A Market

It’s going to be a big year for health care mergers and acquisitions, with overall activity for 2011 expected to be 20%, higher than last year, according to The Health Care M&A Report, a new report from Irving Levin Associates. And given results from the past decade, 2011 will be among the top five years for health care M&A.

Coalition Contests Proposed Imaging Payment Cuts

The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition is hotly contesting proposals to curtail Medicare payments for medical imaging tests, asserting through a report that such a move likey would pack no money-saving punch.

vRad, ICON Medical Imaging Form Clinical Trials Partnership

Virtual Radiologic (vRad), a technology-enabled national radiology practice, yesterday announced that it has formed a radiology partnership with ICON Medical Imaging (ICON), the medical imaging division of ICON plc.

What Medical Staffs Want From Radiology

Radisphere

Hospital medical staffs are increasingly expecting more from radiology—and small, traditional groups are struggling to keep up with those demands. That was the situation faced by Charles Rhoades, assistant administrator of clinical ancillary services at El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) in California.