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.

ED docs overusing CT imaging for gastrointestinal bleeding, study finds
Despite its high accuracy, CTA can come with tradeoffs including requiring radiologists to review a high number of images looking for findings that can be subtle, increasing case complexity and workloads.
Stanford Medicine picks RSNA president as next radiology chair
Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, currently is chief of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Harvard professor of radiology, will take on the title beginning Feb. 1.
Nurse practitioner, nonprofit challenge Missouri’s collaborative practice law
Marcy Markes, NP, has secured representation from the Pacific Legal Foundation in an effort to overturn a state law that requires nurse practitioners to pay a physician “collaborator” if they wish to run their own practice. The lawsuit argues the regulation exists only to stifle competition.
Massachusetts settles $12M lawsuit against CVS over alleged drug overpricing
The pharmacy chain also agreed to perform an annual audit of billed drug prices to ensure it does not run afoul of the state’s “Most Favored Nation” policy.
GE HealthCare issues recall of C-arms due to missing shielding components
The Class 2 recall pertains to the system's built-in shielding and collimation accessories.

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Abbott awards $2.6M to American Diabetes Association for CGM research

The three-year grant will help the ADA fund two pilot programs and engage with healthcare professionals and other industry leaders.

Syringeless contrast media injectors like the GE Ulrich CT Motion have gained a lot of interest in 2022 because of the iodine contrast shortage. These systems use rollers to squeeze precise amounts of contrast from a large bolus container for multiple patients, helping conserve a significant amount of contrast.

Multi-use syringeless injectors could completely eliminate contrast waste

Such products could increase departmental efficiency and advance environmental initiatives in radiology, experts claimed in Academic Radiology.

Physician-owned hospitals charge less for imaging than their counterparts

The finding comes as lobbying groups urge Congress to repeal an ongoing moratorium on doc hospital ownership

MRI product developer raises $30M in series A financing, plus more vendor fundraising news

Other imaging-related startup companies recently raising $4.9M or more include Altis Labs, BrainTale, Leadoptik and Hypervision Surgical.

More assertive language in cancer screening reports leads to likelier receipt of follow-up care

Patients with Lung-RADS 4A findings who spoke with a clinician by phone were three times more likely to see things through, experts wrote in JAMA Network Open.

Imaging companies join forces to deliver AI-guided echocardiography exams

The collaboration, announced at ASE 2023, was launched in the name of patient access.

May saw the highest CEO turnover rate in decades

According to a new report, 2023’s CEO turnover figures are the highest on record since 2002 and have surpassed the peaks seen during the height of COVID.

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Moderna's updated COVID vaccine now awaits FDA authorization

"We have been working diligently for months to build ample supply, with doses ready to ship in time for the fall vaccination season in the Northern Hemisphere,” Moderna's CEO said in the announcement.

Management

ED docs overusing CT imaging for gastrointestinal bleeding, study finds

Stanford Medicine picks RSNA president as next radiology chair

Nurse practitioner, nonprofit challenge Missouri’s collaborative practice law

Massachusetts settles $12M lawsuit against CVS over alleged drug overpricing

GE HealthCare issues recall of C-arms due to missing shielding components