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.

AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more
Like remoras hitching a ride on a shark, private businesses are capitalizing on President Trump’s AI-aggressive trip to the Middle East.
House passes reconciliation bill that includes radiologist Medicare pay hike
Physician, hospital and patient advocacy groups expressed concern about other provisions in the budget bill, including sizable cuts to the Medicaid program.
Imaging groups utilize ‘per diem’ radiologist employment to fill workforce gaps
These arrangements typically involve non-full-time employment, compensated on an hourly, shift or daily basis without benefits or annual salary, experts write in Pediatric Radiology.
Senators introduce radiology-supported bill to reform prior authorization
Sens. Roger Marshall, MD, R-Kan., and Mark Warner, D-Va., are reintroducing the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, which previously drew widespread support.
Teleradiology outfit USARad sees quarterly revenues climb over 8%
The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based physician group—acquired by Nanox for $30 million in 2021—logged revenue of roughly $2.6 million in Q1, up from $2.4 million last year.

Experts publish consensus statement on imaging for GI bleeds

A panel of 24 experts from the American College of Gastroenterology and Society of Abdominal Radiology shared their statement in Radiology.

AI artificial intelligence stethoscope doctor

FDA grants AI software for imaging-based heart assessments its breakthrough device designation

The new software was also added to the FDA's Tap Pilot program, an honor reserved for “high-quality, safe, effective and innovative medical devices."

Permanent pacemaker implantation after TAVR increases healthcare costs by $24,000 per patient

Researchers say their new analysis, based on five years of U.S. data, highlights just how important it is to keep post-TAVR PPMI rates to a minimum.

Cardiovascular Logistics (CVL), a private equity-backed cardiovascular platform with a roster of more than 150 cardiologist partners, has announced four new additions to its leadership team.

Private equity-backed cardiology management group expands its leadership team

Three of the new hires previously worked with Cardiovascular Institute of the South, the cardiology practice that launched Cardiovascular Logistics in 2023 with Lee Equity Partners.

Video - Ken Rosenfield, MD, MGH, and William Gray, MD, Lankenau Heart, explain impact of new CMS coverage for carotid stenting.

How a big CMS update on carotid stenting could impact interventional cardiology

Ken Rosenfield, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, and William Gray, MD, of Lankenau Heart Institute, detailed the long-term impact of a key policy shift.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Technologist files class action lawsuit claiming imaging provider violated labor laws

Attorneys accuse Digirad of failing to pay minimum wages or overtime and shirking laws requiring regular meal and rest periods.

Physicians urge HHS to tap emergency funds to help practices survive Change Healthcare cyberattack

“There’s a lot of scrambling among our members,” Radiology Business Management Association Executive Director Bob Still said Monday.

Management

AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more

House passes reconciliation bill that includes radiologist Medicare pay hike

Imaging groups utilize ‘per diem’ radiologist employment to fill workforce gaps

Senators introduce radiology-supported bill to reform prior authorization

Teleradiology outfit USARad sees quarterly revenues climb over 8%