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.

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Good to great: 5 ways to help sonographers deliver better echocardiograms and improve the diagnosis of severe AS

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Hospitals should be making every effort to help sonographers deliver better, more accurate echocardiograms and improve the diagnosis of severe aortic stenosis. If you take care of your sonographers, your sonographers will take care of you. 

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60-year-old radiology practice sells its outpatient imaging center business to private equity-backed platform company

Southtowns Radiology said the deal will allow for expansion on the outpatient side while also letting it retain autonomy to operate its private practice. 

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Congressman introduces bipartisan bill to ban electronic fund transfer fees paid by physicians

“Greedy health insurers attempt to scalp doctors and patients every step of the way throughout the care process," said Rep. Greg Murphy, MD.

Kirsten P. Jones LucidHealth

Radiology provider LucidHealth hires former GoHealth Urgent Care exec to oversee imaging center strategy

Kirsten P. Jones will serve as regional VP of imaging centers, championing the company’s development and management of such locations. 

Lower Costs More Transparency Act

House passes ‘landmark’ bill to juice healthcare price transparency

Bipartisan legislation intended to lower healthcare costs by lifting price transparency has made it through the U.S. House of Representatives.

selfie taking male nurse arrested sentenced

Ghoulish selfie-taking nurse sentenced after victimizing patients, hospital

At a time when patient assaults against nurses are reportedly on the rise, cases that invert the equation only reinforce the public’s perception that hospitals are chaotic places.

Video interview with Richard Heller, MD, RSNA Board member, associate chief medical officer for health policy and communications, and national director of pediatric radiology at Radiology Partners, explains the impact of the 2024 Medicare cuts on radiology and what comes next. #RSNA #RSNZA23 #RSNA2023 #CMS #Radiology

Putting US radiology reimbursement cuts in context and what comes next

Richard Heller, MD, a member of the RSNA Board and associate CMO for Rad Partners, explains the impact of the 2024 Medicare cuts and what is at stake.

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

Deaths from CVD are on the rise, cardiologists warn—high blood pressure, obesity remain 2 primary culprits

Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of mortality in the world, responsible for nearly 20 million deaths in 2022 alone.