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.

Private equity radiology investor reaches agreement with FTC over alleged anticompetitive tactics
US Radiology Specialists backer Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe blasted the proposed order Friday, labeling it as symbolic and politically motivated.
Congressional candidate physician sues hospital and doctor for death of father
Some of the claims in the lawsuit, brought against Novant Health by Kyle Horton, MD, are backed by a report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
DEA wants to permanently anchor some COVID-era prescription regulations
The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing the adoption of some COVID-era prescription practices around certain controlled substances. The agency published a framework to guide any such changes Jan. 17.
FDA regulator examines AI's growing influence in cardiology
Stephen Browning, the FDA's assistant director of hemodynamics and heart failure diagnostics, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about the agency's perspective on AI-enabled cardiovascular devices and many other topics.
RadNet sees potential midsize and larger acquisitions on its horizon
Leaders with the Los Angeles-based, publicly traded imaging center operator spoke Jan. 15 at the 43rd annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

ACR, members of Congress agree: ‘Great urgency’ needed to reform MACRA

The college issued its call to action on June 29, noting that the value-based care effort has been “plagued with challenges" since its inception.

Radiology society says EPA proposal could pose ‘significant disruptions’ to patient care

New standards for disinfecting devices could reduce sterilization capacity by upward of 50%, advocates estimate.

American Medical Association slams Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, saying it 'undermines decades of progress'

"Diversity is vital to healthcare, and this court ruling deals a serious blow to our goal of increasing medical career opportunities for historically marginalized and minoritized people."

Is it time for radiologists to head back to the reading room? New data reveal trends in remote radiology

Three years after the height of COVID forced a global transition to remote work, many professionals are now being called back into the office, including radiologists.

Cardiologists, radiologists say EPA’s new sterilization proposal could put patients at risk

The primary concern is that sterilization facilities and healthcare providers would not have enough time to adapt to the proposal. Devices impacted would include pacemakers, angioplasty balloons and catheters, just to name a few.

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FDA approves first cellular therapy to treat type 1 diabetes

The new therapy, made from the pancreatic cells of deceased donors, is designed to help adult type 1 diabetes with severe hypoglycemia go a year or longer without needing to take insulin.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Academia still lagging behind private practice in allowing radiologists to read remotely

Recently trained radiologists are likely to weigh this factor when considering which direction to take their careers, researchers wrote in JACR.

Management

Private equity radiology investor reaches agreement with FTC over alleged anticompetitive tactics

Congressional candidate physician sues hospital and doctor for death of father

DEA wants to permanently anchor some COVID-era prescription regulations

FDA regulator examines AI's growing influence in cardiology

RadNet sees potential midsize and larger acquisitions on its horizon