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.

Court approves $2.8B BCBS class-action settlement; insurer to make changes
The settlement reached in October 2024 has been finalized. A fund is being set up for the estimated 3 million claimants, as BCBS pledges to reform its BlueCard health plans.
Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients
The initial incident happened in April. Since that time, the notorious cybercrime cell Interlock has claimed responsibility. A data dump from the breach was put up for sale on the dark web.
MGMA raises alarm over 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warns of access crisis
Many make federal reimbursement plans into an issue about high-paid specialists complaining about pay cuts, but these fees also compensate nurses, technicians, support staff and administrators. Payment keeps the doors of brick-and-mortar medical practices open, MGMA warns.
Hospital apologizes after imaging delay results in needle being left in patient
The organization is under fire after the patient’s wife charged that it could have prevented her husband’s untimely death.
Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive
Cardiology faces one of its most challenging decades ahead, with mounting pressures from workforce shortages, an aging population and declining reimbursements. To remain sustainable, practices are forced to rethink how care is delivered from the ground up.

Private equity-backed radiology groups expand in 2 markets

Solis Mammography is adding a new location in Washington, D.C., while US Radiology Specialists is building two in South Carolina.

Report: Medicaid cuts could force hundreds of rural hospitals to close their doors

A report from the Chartis Center for Rural Health warns that many hospitals in rural communities are at risk of closure if Medicaid cuts pass through Congress and are enacted by President Donald Trump. According to the analysis, women and newborns will disproportionately lose access to care.

FDA issues Class I recall on GE Carestations due to ventilation issue

The issue stems from a mode on the ventilation systems malfunctioning. Although no devices need to be removed from care settings, some will require repair.

FDA issues emergency recall on resuscitation systems due to failure code

A specific model of AutoPulse resuscitation system manufactured by Zoll is prone to a failure code that could result in inadequate chest compressions being administered to patients. The affected kits must be removed from the supply chain immediately.

Suman Tandon, MD, FASNC, a cardiac imager at St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, in Rosyln, New York, and an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) representative to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD), explains ASNC's concerns about artificial intelligence being used to automatically deny prior authorizations and prevent patients from accessing care.

ASNC and AMA push back against AI prior authorization denials

Suman Tandon, MD, a representative of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, explains her organization's concerns about artificial intelligence being used to automatically deny prior authorizations and prevent patients from accessing care.

prior authorization claim deny denial insurance insurer payer Medicare Advantage

Physicians speak out against payers’ growing use of AI to deny imaging requests

Heart imaging specialists contend that the deployment of artificial intelligence "is making the issue of prior authorization worse, not better."

Private equity firm Nordic Capital invests in imaging research outfit

Minerva Imaging has experienced "rapid growth" in recent years amid rising demand for precision medicines, collecting 2024 revenue of $35 million.

CVS sued over alleged ‘political manipulation’ through mass text messages

A class-action lawsuit claims CVS Health sent text messages to customers and patients, inciting fear over a PBM regulation up for vote in Louisiana. Plaintiffs allege the incident violates state data privacy and political communication laws.

Management

Court approves $2.8B BCBS class-action settlement; insurer to make changes

Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients

MGMA raises alarm over 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warns of access crisis

Hospital apologizes after imaging delay results in needle being left in patient

Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive