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.

Medicaid cuts under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could result in over 1 million missed cancer screenings
Over the first two years of implementation, about 7.5 million Medicaid enrollees eligible for cancer screenings will lose coverage, researchers estimate.
Practice says paltry UnitedHealthcare rates making it difficult to recruit radiologists
Chattanooga-based Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associates has pushed the country’s largest commercial payer to up its rates to match other larger communities such as Memphis and Nashville.
Radiology Partners sells 2 imaging centers to New Jersey private practice
RP is selling outposts in the communities of Hamilton Township and Lawrenceville, both near the Garden State’s capital city of Trenton, to Princeton Radiology.
Walmart dips toes back into healthcare with new digital platform
Less than two years after closing its patient care clinics and selling its telehealth services, Walmart is re-entering healthcare with a new platform to match patients with virtual providers.
Vetting imaging orders for appropriateness represents a 'substantial hidden workload,' new data show
This practice ensures patients undergo imaging that is appropriate for their clinical indication and reduces the likelihood of unnecessary exams being completed.

Report: 44% of adults in the U.S. are uninsured or underinsured

According to an analysis from the Commonwealth Fund, millions of patients are skipping necessary care and struggling to pay mounting medical debt.

Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its new InPen smartphone app and announced the launch of its new Smart MDI system. Smart MDI was designed to provide real-time insights for users on multiple daily injection (MDI) therapy. It includes the InPen smart insulin pen, the InPen app and Medtronic’s disposable, all-in-one Simplera continuous glucose monitor (CGM), which received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval back in August.

Medtronic receives key FDA clearance, launches new diabetes system

Medtronic designed its new Smart MDI system to provide real-time insights to users on multiple daily injection therapy.

Compensation for U.S. cardiologists is up across the board, according to a recent survey published by MedAxiom, an American College of Cardiology company. The report identified similar trends for cardiovascular surgeons, highlighting the country’s high demand for all heart specialists in 2024 and beyond.

Q&A: MedAxiom CEO explores key trends in cardiologist, cardiovascular surgeon compensation

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

An influential industry group, AdvaMed, really likes President-Elect Trump’s choice of Dr. Oz for CMS administrator.

Radiology group cancels hospital-based business to focus on outpatient center growth

ImageCare Radiology announced the decision Nov. 21, with the practice pulling out of Atlantic Health's Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers effective the same day.

RadNet has spent over $54M on acquisitions so far in 2024

Most recently, the Los Angeles-based radiology provider acquired artificial intelligence firm Kheiron Medical Technologies for $1 million.

Radiology provider Akumin breaks long radio silence after emerging from bankruptcy

The Florida-based imaging and radiation therapy group is launching new “relocatable and expandable” outpatient centers to be deployed across the U.S.

Radiology Business Announces Forty Under 40 Class of 2024

We set out to find radiology and imaging up-and-comers under 40 who stand out, landing on a laudable list of radiologists, interventionalists, business leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, educators, AI developers, technologists and mentors.

Management

Medicaid cuts under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could result in over 1 million missed cancer screenings

Practice says paltry UnitedHealthcare rates making it difficult to recruit radiologists

Radiology Partners sells 2 imaging centers to New Jersey private practice

Walmart dips toes back into healthcare with new digital platform

Vetting imaging orders for appropriateness represents a 'substantial hidden workload,' new data show