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.

4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors
Due to the ceaseless rush of technological advancements into medicine, many future physicians graduate medical school underprepared for the digital healthcare environment.
New teleradiology solution promises to streamline enterprise imaging operations
Konica Minolta and NewVue announced their collaboration on cloud-based Exa Teleradiology earlier this week.
Report: UnitedHealth rewarded nursing homes for delaying hospital transfers
Citing evidence from documents and interviews, the Guardian released an exposé accusing UnitedHealth of directly influencing the day-to-day operations of some 2,000 nursing homes, resulting in patients not receiving necessary emergency care.
CMS vows to ramp up audits of Medicare Advantage plans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it will increase medical coding staff from 40 to 2,000 and begin addressing its backlog of audits on Medicare Advantage plans in an effort to spot signs of fraud and abuse.
FDA wants new heart damage warnings added to COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines are associated with a very low risk of myocarditis and/or pericarditis, primarily in young adults. The long-term impact of this risk has been the subject of many studies and debates over the years; one side says that the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks, and the other side says that even the smallest risk of heart damage is too high.

Jonathan Gross, MD, argues that diagnostic and interventional radiology were “not developed with sustainability in mind.”

The alleged scheme involved a series of diagnostic procedures that, according to the U.S. government, were not medically necessary.

Medtronic confirmed its decision in a statement, but did not provide any specific details. The deal was originally announced in May.

The publication's current editor-in-chief is Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD. Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, will begin his five-year term in 2024.

Credit analysts switched their forecast from “negative” to “stable,” highlighting both higher patient volumes and revenue per unit.

UCLA's Dieter R. Enzmann, MD, detailed his thesis in a perspective piece published in Academic Radiology.

Regional Diagnostic Radiology is based in the St. Cloud suburb of Sartell, employing more than 20 physicians.

MDView also has inked a new partnership with Modern Teleradiology to provide second opinion reports and video consultations to its users.