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.

Covera Health to vet prostate MRI providers for ‘Radiology Centers of Excellence’
The startup has partnered with employers such as Walmart, providers and health plans (including BCBS Michigan) to steer patients to top imaging centers.
Enterprise imaging vendor Enlitic inks data migration deal worth up to $32M
The company has signed a "memo of understanding" with GE HealthCare, helping it to build a new cloud-based product suite.
Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more
The FDA is getting AI-aggressive about speeding up device reviews. Its plan is to unleash generative AI on tedious and repetitive tasks.
Private equity firm Deerfield earmarks $600M for healthcare investments
Deerfield Management released details on its latest Healthcare Innovations Fund program, promising to finance “promising therapeutics” and “elevating emerging technologies," including artificial intelligence.
FDA rolls out AI across all departments, hires new leadership
The agency said all of its centers will be fully integrated by June 30, following the success of an early pilot where generative AI supported scientific reviews.

AMA wants insurers to be accountable when prior authorization harms patients

The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates this week approved two policies aimed at increasing insurer accountability and transparency amid an explosion of prior authorization requirements.

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Medical device company raises $104M to fund PFA research

Early research suggests Kardium's PFA system could give cardiologists a new tool for the fight against atrial fibrillation. The company plans to study its technology even more with this latest round of funding.

Thermo Fisher Scientific's digital dosimeter provides radiation dose reads in real-time.

New digital dosimeters give real-time radiation dose reads

Users can fine tune the device to provide dose reads at custom intervals or get on-demand stats by pushing a button on the dosimeter.

Cancer diagnosis rates rising faster among Gen X than previous generations

The trend may partially be attributable to radiologic diagnoses becoming more common following “widespread deployment of sophisticated imaging technologies."

Hundreds hit Capitol Hill to press Congress for breast imaging payment reform

Those involved want lawmakers to pass three already-proposed bills aimed at improving access to breast MRI, ultrasound and other services.

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GE HealthCare names new CEO of imaging, plus more radiology leadership moves

Arabinda Choudhary has been named the new radiology chair at Upstate Medical University's while Bharat B. Mittal, MD, is stepping down as RO head at Northwestern.

FDA announces recall of Medline endotracheal tubes after three injuries

The Medline Sub-G endotracheal tubes with subglottic suction are defective and known to tear, potentially leading to serious injury or death.

Brazen marital healthcare scheme ends with guilty pleas

A former Alabama doctor and her wife faced a slew of charges related to healthcare billing fraud, misuse of PPE loan funds and illegal distribution of opiates.

Management

Covera Health to vet prostate MRI providers for ‘Radiology Centers of Excellence’

Enterprise imaging vendor Enlitic inks data migration deal worth up to $32M

Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more

Private equity firm Deerfield earmarks $600M for healthcare investments

FDA rolls out AI across all departments, hires new leadership