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.

Senate bounces spending bill back to House with 2.5% Medicare rad pay fix
In addition, there are no restrictions on pass-through entity taxes (PTET), which “benefits independent physician practices,” one expert notes.
Radiology Partners touts recent $2.3B debt refinance, placing practice on ‘strong trajectory’
“This refinancing reflects both strong financial performance and the confidence investors and lenders have in RP’s business model," CEO Rich Whitney says.
Medicare cost-cutting initiative targets ‘wasteful, inappropriate’ interventional radiology services
IRs 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
Other imaging organizations making recent executive changes included Columbia University, Rad AI, Harrison.ai, Lane Regional Medical Center and AHRA.
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.

Cardiologist’s alleged sexual assaults prompt lawmakers to introduce new legislation

While Stephen Matthews sits in jail for allegedly raping women he met online, lawmakers are saying his case is evidence that dating apps need to be better regulated.

HHS makes initial drug price offers

The offers on Medicare pricing for 10 specific drugs weren’t made public, but close watchers expect the government will ask for steep cuts to rein in costs.

CT-first strategy the most effective path forward when evaluating stable chest pain

Heart teams have several options when patients present with stable chest pain and require further testing. According to a brand new analysis of nearly 800 patients, CCTA may be the best place to start.

HCSC buys Cigna’s Medicare biz for $3.3B

Cigna said the deal will enable it to free up around $400 million in capital it can redeploy, effectively pushing the transaction to $3.7 billion.

Inconsistent imaging: Radiologists letting personal preferences influence decision-making

There is significant variation from one radiologist to the next in suggesting follow-up head and neck imaging, Harvard experts detailed in AJR.

Private equity-backed radiology provider SimonMed opens 6 new imaging centers

New additions balloon the Scottsdale, Arizona-based radiology practice's total number of locations to 170, spanning 11 states.

NYU Langone opens $170M outpatient radiology hub in former Sears store

The 260,000-square-foot ambulatory care center features 30 other clinical specialties including cardiology, pediatrics and pulmonology, and will treat 400,000 patients annually.

Melissa Chen, MD, Clinical Neuroradiologist, Associate Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, said challenges ton radiology include the limitations of the relative value units (RVUs) used to pay radiologists, the need for balancing workloads despite disincentives to reading some studies, and the need to find new workflow efficiencies with AI to offset the radiologist shortage. #RSNA

Radiology at tipping point with limitations of RVUs and the growing shortage of radiologists

Melissa Chen, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, outlines some of the challenges practices are facing and possible solutions.

Management

Senate bounces spending bill back to House with 2.5% Medicare rad pay fix

Radiology Partners touts recent $2.3B debt refinance, placing practice on ‘strong trajectory’

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