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.

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to speed up prior authorization in Medicare Advantage
Several healthcare stakeholders have voiced their support for the effort, including the Medical Group Management Association.
Radiologists among docs most optimistic about profession’s short-term future
However, radiology dropped to 18th on the list of specialists when asked how they feel about their profession’s long-term future, according to new survey data from Medscape.
Current political climate having 'detrimental' effect on radiology research, survey says
Published in Clinical Imaging, the responses indicate that Trump administration policies have made it more difficult to acquire funding and collaborate with other researchers.
Hospital's poor radiation safety protocols led to cancer 'cluster' among staff, rad tech claims
The technologist, who was diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma in 2023, says she previously took her concerns to leadership, but her claims were not taken seriously.
FTC shuts down alleged health insurance fraud scheme involving the sale of low-quality plans
The owners of several telemarketing companies, along with the organizations themselves, have been named as defendants in a federal lawsuit. The Federal Trade Commission alleges that the group would sell bundled services as supposed “PPO” plans, leaving patients to discover that services were not covered.

Biosense Webster gained CE mark approval for its Varipulse pulsed field ablation (PFA) system in Europe

Biosense Webster takes key step toward FDA approval for Varipulse PFA system

The company already received CE mark approval for its new PFA offering and hopes it will soon be approved for sale in the United States.

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Novo Nordisk to acquire biotech company working on new heart failure drug for $1.1B

Cardior Pharmaceuticals in Germany has been developing a new compound it says can “halt and partially reverse cellular pathology” in heart failure patients.

‘Undervalued’ UK physicians register discontent over fading ‘purchasing power’

Going by compensation rates and trajectories, these might be the worst of times to be a physician in the United Kingdom.

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Authors in prominent radiology journals fail to disclose $186M in payments from the imaging industry

Nearly 81% of authors failed to report any ties to the industry, experts detailed Saturday in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Radiologists produce imitation PET scans via routine CT imaging

“With further tuning and validation, this pipeline may potentially add value in cancer screening, staging, diagnosis and prognosis," experts wrote in Cell Reports Medicine.

Judge denies radiology group’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit over $177M sale of the practice

Technologist Robert Harrison and his attorneys filed the complaint in 2021, charging that shareholders grossly overpaid in the deal, among other contentions

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Hospitals’ fiscal ‘pain points’ topped by revenue cycle management, labor costs, workforce shortages

Healthcare CFOs spend more time dealing with cost management and, by extension, operational issues than any other single set of items on their to-do lists.

FDA classifies Vyaire recall as ‘most serious’

The FDA has issued a Class I recall for Vyaire Medical respiratory support devices, saying use of older, defective devices could result in injury or death.

Management

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to speed up prior authorization in Medicare Advantage

Radiologists among docs most optimistic about profession’s short-term future

Current political climate having 'detrimental' effect on radiology research, survey says

Hospital's poor radiation safety protocols led to cancer 'cluster' among staff, rad tech claims

FTC shuts down alleged health insurance fraud scheme involving the sale of low-quality plans