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.

Trump signs executive order to withdraw U.S. from the World Health Organization
The President made good on a campaign promise to leave the international health agency, after attempting to do so when he last held office in 2020.
DOJ sues Walgreens for allegedly filling ‘millions’ of illegal prescriptions
Walgreens filed a countersuit, accusing the federal government of failing to take down prescribers acting unlawfully.
Not all lead glasses are created equal
Higher lead content does not always necessarily equate to greater protection, authors of a new analysis caution.
Q&A: Society of Thoracic Surgeons president previews the trends and technologies of STS 2025
It looked like the wildfires in Los Angeles could force STS to cancel its annual meeting, but the group worked with city officials and was able to carry on as planned. STS President Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS, discussed that difficult decision and previewed the three-day event in a new interview.
Experts in interventional cardiology, medical billing unite to discuss Shockwave Medical’s IVL technology
Intravascular lithotripsy has quickly emerged as one of healthcare’s most in-demand technologies. Now Shockwave Medical, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, is co-hosting a webinar designed to teach coding and billing specialists how to code appropriately for peripheral and coronary IVL procedures.

PHOTO GALLERY: Behind the scenes at a cardiac ambulatory surgical center

A look inside a Banner Health cardiology ambulatory surgical center (ASC) in Sun City, Arizona.

Envision inks deal to keep radiologists in-network; practice closes, plus more company news

Also, the founder of Madison Radiology is retiring after more than 40 years in practice, and Rayus Radiology recently added 2 locations.

CMS finalizes reforms to address prior authorization problem that has plagued radiology

“People with Medicare deserve to ... be able to get the care they need without excessive burden or delays," the agency's deputy administrator said.

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Cardiologists find AI to be more accurate than sonographers at interpreting echocardiograms

Overall, cardiologists made corrections to 16.8% of AI-generated assessments and 27.2% of sonographer assessments.

Investors bet big on startup offering a ‘radiology department in a box’

OXOS Medical has ballooned its fundraising total to $45M, with Parkway Venture and Intel Capital leading the way, leaders announced.

Cano Health leadership team in disarray after directors resign

Billionaire Barry Sternlicht, founder and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, was one of the board members who resigned.

$300M research fund will focus on Alzheimer’s

The research fund aims to track the health of Americans for decades, with the intent of housing the long-term health information of 70% to 90% of the population.

Follow-up adherence affected by how and when imaging orders are placed

These are factors that healthcare systems can and should control, experts recently suggested in a new JACR paper.

Management

Trump signs executive order to withdraw U.S. from the World Health Organization

DOJ sues Walgreens for allegedly filling ‘millions’ of illegal prescriptions

Not all lead glasses are created equal

Q&A: Society of Thoracic Surgeons president previews the trends and technologies of STS 2025

Experts in interventional cardiology, medical billing unite to discuss Shockwave Medical’s IVL technology