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.

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Radiologists will pay $810,000 to settle allegations they performed hundreds of unnecessary procedures

Oscar Sosa, MD, and Osmany DeAngelo, DO, vehemently deny the allegations but chose to settle to avoid costly and protracted litigation. 

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Richard Duszak, MD, stepping down as University of Mississippi radiology chair

Robert W. Morris, MD, MBA, will take over the title beginning on Jan. 1, having served on the UMMC faculty since 2016. 

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When healthcare AI meets the medical humanities

A primary aim of medical humanities as a field today is teaching medical students how to harmonize technological innovations with care models such that patients are treated as whole persons: They have not just bodies but also minds, relationships—and lives. 

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Major association of physicians presents itself as a go-to alternative vs. the government on vaccine expertise

One of the most formidable societies of medical professionals in the U.S. is going toe-to-toe with Robert F. Kennedy’s HHS over changing vaccination recommendations. 

American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees member Scott Ferguson, MD, FACR, a diagnostic radiologist in West Memphis, Arkansas, explains the urgent need for Medicare payment reform, concerns about Trump administration public health policy, insurance prior authorization, medical student immigration, and the rapid growth of private equity ownership of physicians.

AMA leader outlines major threats facing U.S. healthcare: Payment cuts, AI denials, immigration bottlenecks and corporate takeovers

American Medical Association Board Trustee Scott Ferguson, MD, FACR, a diagnostic radiologist, explains the urgent need for Medicare payment reform, concerns about Trump administration public health policy, insurance prior authorization, medical student immigration and the rapid growth of private equity ownership of physicians.  

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ACR pushes for better explainability of how AI algorithms work

Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, says the organization wants to see transparent explainability of algorithms to increase public trust. 

 

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Radiology group cyberattack exposes private info of over 150,000 patients

The information exposed during the attack included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and service charges.

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Caremark dealt a $95 million blow for violating the False Claims Act

In a decision issued Wednesday, a judge ruled that Caremark had persuaded insurers to intentionally mislead the government regarding prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.