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.

Congress hesitates on long-term telemedicine expansion admid advocacy push
Congress temporarily extended telemedicine provisions until March amid lobby efforts by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and others to make the provisions permanent.
State lawmaker wants increased scrutiny around Rad Partners affiliate Jefferson Radiology
Republican Sen. Jeffrey Gordon, MD, said Wednesday that he has heard from a dozen constituents about the issue and also discussed it with his physician colleagues.
Payment policies may be driving down utilization of key interventional radiology procedure
Fewer than 2% of hospitalized inpatients underwent ablation for renal cell carcinoma, despite its lower cost and other benefits.
Rayus Radiology names new CEO, plus more leadership moves at Envision, Penn Medicine and St. Jude
Sami Abbasi, MBA, is taking over the organization’s top post after spending three years as managing director and operating partner at Sun Capital Partners.
FDA warns of risk of death associated with multiple sclerosis drugs
The agency found 82 cases of anaphylaxis associated with glatiramer acetate, sold under the brand names Copaxone and Glatopa, including 19 that emerged after patients had been taking these drugs for more than a year.

Justice Dept. takes down ransomware group targeting hospitals

The group targeted 1,500 victims in over 80 countries and received more than $100M since June 2021.

Imaging industry names in the news: Blackford, Carestream, Fujifilm, Siemens, 8 more

Dallas-based MedCognetics and its academic R&D partners will have $750,000 more to spend refining diversity-calibrated AI for early detection of breast cancer, thanks to the NIH’s “AIM-AHEAD” initiative.

The key to AI integration? Keeping it straightforward, says GE HealthCare CMO

“To drive adoption, it is important that the technology designed to help productivity doesn’t add more work and complexity,” Dr. Mathias Goyen, Chief Medical Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at GE HealthCare, told Health Imaging.

Walgreens may sell $2B pharmacy automation business

The move comes as Walgreens is shoring up its business amid a period of big transactions in the healthcare space.

Kroger launches colorectal clinical trial sites

Kroger’s latest move underscores how large companies in other industries are making their way into the healthcare space.

FDA updates and rescinds several radiation protection recommendations

According to the Federal Register, the FDA is repealing these radiation protection recommendations because they have become “outdated” and “unnecessary.”

Updated COVID-19 booster protects against subvariants, new study confirms

The findings stem from a new CDC study comparing people who received the new booster and those who received between two to four doses of the original vaccine.

Cardiologists use video-based AI model to ID coronary artery disease

A team of specialists out of Cedars-Sinai developed the deep learning model using TTEs from nearly 3,000 patients.

Management

Congress hesitates on long-term telemedicine expansion admid advocacy push

State lawmaker wants increased scrutiny around Rad Partners affiliate Jefferson Radiology

Payment policies may be driving down utilization of key interventional radiology procedure

Rayus Radiology names new CEO, plus more leadership moves at Envision, Penn Medicine and St. Jude

FDA warns of risk of death associated with multiple sclerosis drugs