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.

In brief: Hospitals v. pharmacies in court, lights on at all-electric hospital, money-minded nonprofits, more
A new hospital is about to become the largest in the country intended to operate on electricity only.
CPT code updates in 2026 will change how interventional cardiologists get paid
A variety of CPT code changes take effect in 2026, and many of them will make a direct impact on interventional cardiology. Arnold Seto, MD, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about these updates for a new video interview.
Kerfuffle continues over pending halt of hep B vaccine for babies
Reaction to the recommendation has been strong and mostly—but not entirely—negative.
4 key factors that impact prostate MRI quality
MRI is an essential tool for diagnosing and managing the disease, but poor image quality and interpretation variability continue to hinder its widespread adoption
Imaging advocates express frustration with final hospital outpatient payment rule
Medicare is reassigning one CPT code for SPECT scans, which will result in a 57% reduction in reimbursement for certain imaging exams.

Lab receives $30M funding to illuminate lung and ovarian cancers

On Target Laboratories will use the funding to expand the market reach of its molecular imaging agent.

Private equity-backed bankruptcies hit record high, with radiology firm topping healthcare list

A total of 104 such portfolio companies went belly-up last year, representing a 174% increase over the 38 that filed in 2022, S&P reported.

Eric Puroll, a project manager with the My Heart Your Heart program, examines donated pacemakers.

Cardiologists give recycled pacemakers to heart patients in need

When patients with pacemakers die, what happens to the device? Typically, it ends up being discarded and forgotten—they were designed to be single-use devices, after all—but that does not have to be the case.

FDA clears mass importing of Canadian drugs

Florida’s program is the first to get official approval in an effort to reduce drug costs.

American College of Radiology names 1st-ever female CEO

Ochsner Medical Center's Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MBA, will assume the role July 1, taking over for the retiring William T. Thorwarth Jr., MD.

How radiologists’ use of vacation days can impact burnout

Across 3,000 U.S. physicians surveyed, 60% took three weeks of vacation or fewer per year and 70% worked while away, both factors leading to burnout.

FDA shares key information about forthcoming breast-density notification requirement

The agency said facilities subject to the Mammography Quality Standards Act will have until Sept. 10 to come into compliance.

Bruce Wilkoff, MD, a veteran cardiologist with Cleveland Clinic

Cardiologist Bruce Wilkoff remembered as a ‘pioneer’ of electrophysiology, ‘beacon of medical excellence’

Friends, colleagues and professional societies have all shared loving tributes to the veteran electrophysiologist, who died at the age of 69.

Management

In brief: Hospitals v. pharmacies in court, lights on at all-electric hospital, money-minded nonprofits, more

CPT code updates in 2026 will change how interventional cardiologists get paid

Kerfuffle continues over pending halt of hep B vaccine for babies

4 key factors that impact prostate MRI quality

Imaging advocates express frustration with final hospital outpatient payment rule