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.

Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients
The initial incident happened in April. Since that time, the notorious cybercrime cell Interlock has claimed responsibility. A data dump from the breach was put up for sale on the dark web.
MGMA raises alarm over 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warns of access crisis
Many make federal reimbursement plans into an issue about high-payed specialists complaining about pay cuts, but these fees are what also pays nurses, technicians, support staff and administrators. Payment keeps the doors of brick-and-mortar medical practices open, MGMA warns.
Hospital apologizes after imaging delay results in needle being left in patient
The organization is under fire after the patient’s wife charged that it could have prevented her husband’s untimely death.
Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive
Cardiology faces one of its most challenging decades ahead, with mounting pressures from workforce shortages, an aging population and declining reimbursements. To remain sustainable, practices are forced to rethink how care is delivered from the ground up.
American College of Radiology criticizes BCBS affiliate’s reimbursement policy change
Effective Feb. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is no longer issuing separate payment for 3D rendering of imaging services (covered by CPT codes 76376 and 76377).

Siemens Healthineers signs $50M value partnership with state’s largest hospital system

The deal is with Greenville-based Prisma Health and includes acquiring the Ethos radiotherapy system from subsidiary company Varian

Joint Commission to view pediatric hospitals as specialized centers, not just care facilities for ‘small adults’

The largest accrediting and certifying organization in U.S. healthcare announced July 29 it will begin upholding standards that distinguish children from adults.

Battle lines drawn as Kennedy mulls firing the USPSTF

By now the pleas for Kennedy to reconsider, initially sporadic, have gathered into a steady drumbeat.

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ARRT is rolling out a new imaging assistant credential for MRI settings

The American Registry Of Radiologic Technologists says the new offering addresses growing demand for magnetic resonance imaging.

Video with former ACC president Kim Williams, MD, discusses a heart screening outreach program he created in low-income Louisville neighborhoods.

Successful outreach program brings heart screenings to underserved communities

Former ACC president Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, shared his experience bringing helpful heart screenings to low-income neighborhoods. "You've got to be willing to go out and find where the patients are," he said.

Artificial heart developer gains key approval as money troubles continue

Carmat is working to overcome financial struggles that forced it to suspend new device implants through the end of August. Even with its future in limbo, the company remains focused on moving forward.

AdventHealth Orlando Hospital is ranked No. 1 on the 2025 U.S. News Honor Roll for best hospitals in America list.

List of America's best hospitals announced by U.S. News

Hospitals are awarded Honor Roll points if they rank in one or more of the 15 specialties that U.S. News evaluates, and in one or more of the 22 procedures or conditions for patient outcomes.

FDA announces Class I recall due to heart pump controller issue

The FDA previously shared an early alert about this issue, but it was still reviewing the situation at the time. The new recall covers a total of more than 11,000 devices.

Management

Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients

MGMA raises alarm over 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warns of access crisis

Hospital apologizes after imaging delay results in needle being left in patient

Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive

American College of Radiology criticizes BCBS affiliate’s reimbursement policy change