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.

Cost is king for patients, referrers mulling where to steer elective imaging, though other factors in play
Convenience and the referring provider's endorsement also are key for patients, while physicians focus on image quality and radiologists' reputation.
America’s cancer burden is shifting from men to women
Incidence rates among women 50 to 64 have now surpassed those of men, while cancer rates for females under 50 are 82% higher than their male counterparts, the ACS reports.
Radiologist among America’s ‘best jobs’ in 2025, US News and World Report says
The specialty came in at #77 on the list, which is based on factors such as growth potential, work-life balance, job safety, employment rate and salary.
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.

State radiological society earns $20,000 grant to help fight ‘harmful’ scope-of-practice bills

The American College of Radiology Association announced the news Friday, with the money coming from its special fund established in 2021.

Venerable medical journal spawns AI-focused offspring

The 211-year-old New England Journal of Medicine has birthed an online-only monthly journal that will take on “some of the most pressing questions in medicine through the application of AI in the clinic.”

FDA announces new Class I recall of troubled heart devices

The recall includes approximately 2,300 devices distributed to customers prior to July 24, 2017. There have been 44 complaints about this issue so far.

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Startup focused on heart failure monitoring raises $25M with help from Novo Holdings, Medtronic

The round was led by two new investors, Novo Holdings and Andera Partners. Several existing investors, including Medtronic, also participated.

Another ‘record’ Match Day, with strong interest in diagnostic and interventional radiology

A total of 42,952 applicants certified a rank-order list in 2023, marking the largest match in the National Resident Matching Program's 70-year history.

Should hospitals withdraw from US News & World Report rankings?

In an op-ed in Health Affairs, two physicians are pushing for the end of ranking U.S. hospitals by calling on hospitals to pull out.

Healthcare fraud running rampant in South Florida

South Florida is “ground zero” for healthcare fraud, with companies popping up left and right ready to bilk Medicare and Medicaid for millions of dollars.

Pfizer recalls 4 million units of migraine medicine

The recalled products are not child resistant, posing a poison risk if the contents are swallowed by young children.

Management

Cost is king for patients, referrers mulling where to steer elective imaging, though other factors in play

America’s cancer burden is shifting from men to women

Radiologist among America’s ‘best jobs’ in 2025, US News and World Report says

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

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