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.

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Governor forces radiologist to resign from state board of medicine over support for trans care ban

Frederick “Eric” Cubin, MD, of Casper Medical Imaging served on the legislative body until April 29, though his term wasn't set to expire until 2028. 

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Association of University Radiologists announces name change

The organization will now go by the Association of Academic Radiology after members voted on the switch at the society’s annual meeting in April. 

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Rising cost of private insurance unsustainable for 180 million families, study finds

The average cost of care for families covered by private insurance increased from $3,920 to $4,907 between 2007 and 2019.

Lawsuit filed in response to $43B nursing home staffing rule

Nursing home groups are suing CMS to block a final rule that mandates staffing and direct care minimums.

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Cleveland Clinic paying $7M+ to settle deceptive funding case

A Cleveland Clinic researcher accepted NIH funding without telling the agency about money coming in for the same project from one or more foreign backers. For this the nonprofit Cleveland Clinic Foundation will pay $7.6 million.

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Radiologist who tried to cover up multiple procedural mistakes is handed a career-ending judgment

There were two serious incidents in the span of three months that raised concerns among the radiologist's colleagues, according to official documents. 

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Preclinical radiology education programs offer long-lasting benefits for the field

Offering radiology-based education programs during the first two years of medical school could be the key to addressing some of the field’s most pressing issues.  

Leftr, Pedro Martinez-Clark, MD, FSCAI, interventional cardiologist, founder and medical director of Amavita Heart and Vascular Health during a PAD intervention. Right, an ultrasound evaluation of PAD in the legs. Amavita recently launched the Miami Initiative to Stop Amputation (MISA) to tackle the rising rates of amputations due to peripheral artery disease (PAD), in Latin, Haitian and Black communities in the Miami area. Photos courtesy of Amavita Heart and Vascular Health

Rising amputation rates spark new PAD initiative in Miami

"When you think about the rise of amputations in a country like the United States, that's concerning because it should not be happening here," one interventional cardiologist said.