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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Sanofi’s $2.9B acquisition of Provention Bio delayed by FTC review

According to Sanofi, it has withdrawn and refiled its premerger notification and report form with the FTC to give the agency more time to review the deal.

Example of data generated by an automated artificial intelligence (AI) brain CT assessment tool from Annalise.ai at RSNA 2022. What does brain imaging look like?

AI company racks up 7 new FDA clearances for image triage and notification solutions

The Australia-based company made the announcement on April 12 in a release that described the timing of these AI-assisted solutions as “increasingly important” amid growing workloads and staffing shortages. 

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ACR updates influential imaging appropriateness criteria with 4 new topics

The additions pertain to liver function tests, heart disease, dialysis fistula malfunction, and head and neck cancer, the college said Tuesday.

FDA issues adverse event report on MRI accident as investigations into its cause continue

The FDA's description of the event aligns with prior reports speculating that the accident involved a staff member transporting a patient to an MRI suite on a hospital bed, which was allegedly sucked into the MRI bore.

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Bill would boost the number of residency slots in radiology and other specialties

The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act would add another 14,000 Medicare-supported medical residency positions over a seven-year period.
 

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CMS proposes 2.8% rate increase for inpatient payments in 2024

CMS is also proposing that rural emergency hospitals be designated graduate medical education training sites, enabling more medical students to train in those areas.

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RadNet says it’s seeing softening in the challenging radiology labor market

In a recent ratings update, Moody's labeled the imaging center operator's outlook as "stable," while noting an ongoing hiring crunch in imaging. 

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AI could point first responders to ready, willing and able hospitals in real time

People suddenly stricken with a cardiovascular crisis often survive and recover as long as they’re transported ASAP to a hospital that has two attributes: expertise in emergency heart care and capacity to accommodate the incoming episode.