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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Permanent pacemaker implantation after TAVR increases healthcare costs by $24,000 per patient

Researchers say their new analysis, based on five years of U.S. data, highlights just how important it is to keep post-TAVR PPMI rates to a minimum. 

Cardiovascular Logistics (CVL), a private equity-backed cardiovascular platform with a roster of more than 150 cardiologist partners, has announced four new additions to its leadership team.

Private equity-backed cardiology management group expands its leadership team

Three of the new hires previously worked with Cardiovascular Institute of the South, the cardiology practice that launched Cardiovascular Logistics in 2023 with Lee Equity Partners.

Video - Ken Rosenfield, MD, MGH, and William Gray, MD, Lankenau Heart, explain impact of new CMS coverage for carotid stenting.

How a big CMS update on carotid stenting could impact interventional cardiology

Ken Rosenfield, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, and William Gray, MD, of Lankenau Heart Institute, detailed the long-term impact of a key policy shift. 

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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Technologist files class action lawsuit claiming imaging provider violated labor laws

Attorneys accuse Digirad of failing to pay minimum wages or overtime and shirking laws requiring regular meal and rest periods. 

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Physicians urge HHS to tap emergency funds to help practices survive Change Healthcare cyberattack

“There’s a lot of scrambling among our members,” Radiology Business Management Association Executive Director Bob Still said Monday. 

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Private equity-backed radiology provider LucidHealth names chief operating officer

David Grau served as the Columbus-based company’s chief strategy officer from 2020 to 2023 before recently taking on the newly created COO role. 
 

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AI in healthcare: 3 areas of likely risk for legal liability

As healthcare AI opens new avenues to improve care quality without unduly increasing operational costs, the technology also expands potential exposure to civil and criminal liabilities. And that’s not only for providers but also payers and suppliers.