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.

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) President-elect Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC, medical director of nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and the stress laboratory at UVA Health in Charlottesville, and a professor of medicine and radiology at the University of Virginia, said the society is fighting a major proposed cut in CMS reimbursements in 2026.

ASNC calls on members to fight 57% Medicare cut for cardiac amyloid imaging

Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, president-elect of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, shared the group's concerns with Cardiovascular Business. “This is going to have a highly negative impact," he said. 

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Cardiologist Carlos Collet takes new leadership role with CRF

Collet, known globally for his dedication to innovation, is the organization's new director of cardiovascular imaging, physiology and translational therapeutics.

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Boston Scientific to purchase Elutia’s drug-eluting envelope business for $88M

The FDA-cleared EluPro bioenvelope delivers two antibiotics to patients over an extended period of time after they receive an implantable pacemaker or defibrillator to cut infection rates.

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Healthcare AI today: AI-enabled layoffs, following the AI money, AI to unscrew healthcare, more

A network of more than 100 clinics is leveraging AI to lay off more than 175 of its 2,500 or so nonclinical staff by early November.

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Experts push for new generalist radiology AI models that move beyond single tasks, ease financial concerns

Consolidation of image interpretation assistance into one package can minimize costs and open the market to radiology providers who cannot afford current offerings, scientists write in Radiology.  

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Society of Interventional Radiology shares guidance on offering new image-guided service

IRs can play a key role in kidney care using a novel, nonsurgical approach that deploys catheters and imaging guidance to create a fistula in the arm for dialysis access. 

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Radiation oncologist loses whistleblower suit accusing former employer of filing fraudulent claims

Robert C. O’Laughlin, MD, and attorneys first took Radiation Therapy Services and its physicians to court in late 2016, citing qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. 

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High school seniors create AI chatbot that understands medical bills

The system, dubbed MedFinanceAI, only works in Nebraska for now. But the three teens behind its development said it can be rolled out into other communities.