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.

New expert guidelines examine the use of temporary MCS during heart surgery

Three leading medical societies collaborated on the new document, providing detailed recommendations that cover a wide variety of technologies and clinical scenarios.

New MRI purchasing approach could save upward of $520,000 per scanner

Experts with Vanderbilt, Philips and the Greenwell Project discussed this “circular business model” Tuesday in JACR

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Private radiology practice will pay $3.25M to settle class-action lawsuit over cyberattack

Greenville, North Carolina-based Eastern Radiologists is denying any wrongdoing, deciding to settle the matter to avoid protracted litigation. 

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Radiology groups endorse bipartisan bill to boost specialist counts in rural areas

ACR, SIR and ASTRO are voicing their support for the Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act, introduced in both the House and Senate. 

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Planned Parenthood sues to block Missouri’s request for abortion records

The Missouri attorney general has demanded details on patient care, communications between providers and pregnant women, maintenance records and more in an effort to identify state residents who have sought abortions. 

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Annual ‘Honor Roll’ of America's best children's hospitals released

The top 10 list highlights the hospitals that provide the best pediatric care in multiple specialties, including behavioral health, oncology, cardiology and more.

Lisa Miller, JD, former deputy assistant attorney general U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, a former principal assistant deputy chief of the DOJ healthcare fraud unit, and now a partner in the legal firm Sidley Austin LLP, explains what the DOJ is looking for in Medicare fraud cases.

What the DOJ looks for to spot healthcare fraud

Former principal assistant deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Justice's Healthcare Fraud Unit, Lisa Miller, explains what the DOJ is looking for in healthcare fraud cases.

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Pushback against Trump's $100K visa fee continues with new lawsuit

As a new lawsuit targets the unpopular policy, the American College of Cardiology and other medical societies worry that $100,000 fees will make the ongoing physician shortage much worse.