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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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Proposed Medicare cut will reduce RadNet’s revenues by upward of $8M in 2025

"Our experts believe there’s a high probability that the final rule governing next year's Medicare payments will be less severe than the current proposal," CFO Mark Stolper told investors.  

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Baxter sells kidney care division to private equity firm for $3.8B

Carlyle Group will be the new owner of Vantive, once the sale finalizes in early 2025.

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Does radiology have a ‘woke’ problem? ‘Disturbing’ results show bias against conservative trainees

Journal of the American College of Radiology analysis explores how bias might shape faculty decisions to select certain potential residents.

Siemens Healthineers has gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Acuson Origin, its new cardiovascular ultrasound system featuring advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The Acuson Origin represents a significant update from the prior Siemens Healthineers cardiovascular ultrasound system, the Acuson SC2000.

Siemens Healthineers' new AI-enabled cardiovascular ultrasound system granted FDA clearance

The system integrates a slew of AI powered imaging features that have been trained on more than 2 billion annotated images. 

Artificial intelligence sign in the United Imaging booth. The Chinese company wants to break into the U.S. market and has a massive booth footprint at RSNA 2023. This included a section for its own AI development division. Photo by Dave Fornell #RSNA

FDA on track to clear 1,000+ clinical AI algorithms by end of the year

As of July 2024, the FDA reports it has cleared 950 AI algorithms to aid in direct clinical decision making.

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Meta's new large language model excels at board-style radiology prompts

Meta Llama 3—a newer open-source large language model—may soon be giving other LLMs a run for their money in the medical field.

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Jury finds cardiologist guilty of 35 charges in sexual assault trial

Stephen Matthews, the Denver physician accused of drugging and assaulting multiple women he met online, was convicted by a jury after more than three days of deliberation. 

Siemens Healthineers has gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Acuson Origin, its new cardiovascular ultrasound system featuring advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The Acuson Origin represents a significant update from the prior Siemens Healthineers cardiovascular ultrasound system, the Acuson SC2000.

Siemens Healthineers gains FDA clearance for new AI-powered cardiovascular ultrasound system

The Acuson Origin system includes advanced AI algorithms designed to assist users with the treatment of diagnostic, structural heart, vascular, electrophysiological and pediatric patients. It also comes packaged with a new 4D ICE catheter capable of multiplanar reconstruction imaging with or without the use of an electrocardiogram.