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.

Medicare cost-cutting initiative targets ‘wasteful, inappropriate’ interventional radiology services
Interventional radiologists criticized the CMS proposal, believing it could lead to excess morbidity and mortality in Medicare.
University of Chicago names radiology chair, plus more leadership moves from Cleerly, ASTRO
Meanwhile, radiology AI vendor Cleerly has announced two leadership promotions while the American Society of Radiation Oncology has added a new role.
103K Medicare beneficiaries issued new IDs after ‘data incident’ at CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said “malicious actors” created fake accounts for Medicare beneficiaries through the agency’s patient portal, using stolen data from an unknown source. The incident is being investigated.
Philips and Medtronic extend 30 year patient monitoring partnership
The two companies will continue combining components to make patient monitoring systems, under the new terms of the expanded deal that includes a "pledge program" to improve quality.
FDA announces recall of Baxter infusion pumps with mismatched software
Spectrum V8 and V6 infusion pumps may have accidentally had their software switched, which could result in underinfusion or a fluid overload. While no injuries have been reported, for safety the affected pumps need to be removed from where they are used and sold.

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Authors in prominent radiology journals fail to disclose $186M in payments from the imaging industry

Nearly 81% of authors failed to report any ties to the industry, experts detailed Saturday in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Radiologists produce imitation PET scans via routine CT imaging

“With further tuning and validation, this pipeline may potentially add value in cancer screening, staging, diagnosis and prognosis," experts wrote in Cell Reports Medicine.

Judge denies radiology group’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit over $177M sale of the practice

Technologist Robert Harrison and his attorneys filed the complaint in 2021, charging that shareholders grossly overpaid in the deal, among other contentions

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Hospitals’ fiscal ‘pain points’ topped by revenue cycle management, labor costs, workforce shortages

Healthcare CFOs spend more time dealing with cost management and, by extension, operational issues than any other single set of items on their to-do lists.

FDA classifies Vyaire recall as ‘most serious’

The FDA has issued a Class I recall for Vyaire Medical respiratory support devices, saying use of older, defective devices could result in injury or death.

ACC.24 to make the business side of cardiology a priority

While the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting has historically had a more clinical focus, presentations at this year's conference in Atlanta will spend much more time looking at the business side of things.

Medicare will now cover weight loss drug semaglutide if taken for heart benefits

The news represents a meaningful policy shift for CMS. In the past, Medicare prescription drug plans have not covered medications designed to help patients lose weight.

Powering down interventional imaging systems saves tens of thousands in electricity costs

Making the hypothetical adjustment of switching all idle systems to off overnight and on weekends would save one hospital about $38,000.

Management

Medicare cost-cutting initiative targets ‘wasteful, inappropriate’ interventional radiology services

University of Chicago names radiology chair, plus more leadership moves from Cleerly, ASTRO

103K Medicare beneficiaries issued new IDs after ‘data incident’ at CMS

Philips and Medtronic extend 30 year patient monitoring partnership

FDA announces recall of Baxter infusion pumps with mismatched software