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.

CDC director, chief medical officer ousted as RFK shakes up agency
CDC Director Susan Monarez, PhD, was less than a month into her role, having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30. Her lawyers said the staffing shakeup was a result of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “weaponizing public health for political gain.”
Radiology practice sells imaging center to hospital partner while remaining independent
Fayetteville-based Valley Regional Imaging is unloading its facility to Cape Fear Valley Health, a hospital based in the same Sandhills-region community of southeastern North Carolina.
Hospital system’s physician group adds imaging services by acquiring 40-year-old radiology practice
Seton Imaging and its two locations are now part of Trinity Medical WNY, a multispecialty group owned by physicians but controlled by Catholic Health.
Under-reimbursement keeping radiologists from using key imaging modality, docs warn CMS
Radiologists and other physicians recently wrote to Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, asking for changes related to contrast-enhanced ultrasound.
FDA details new risk with Johnson & Johnson heart pump controllers after patient’s death
This latest alert was put in place after Johnson & Johnson MedTech learned that some of its Automated Impella Controllers were built to the wrong specifications, impacting their ability to function. Affected devices should not be used going forward.

Movers & Shakers: CEO changes at Johns Hopkins/UMMS, Central Health

Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movement in the healthcare industry, featuring two CEO moves at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital and Central Health.

Political climate leads to loss of labor and delivery services

Bonner General Health, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, alerted the public about the upcoming discontinuation of labor and delivery services.

29 radiology societies met to discuss the specialty’s most pressing problems: 8 takeaways

“Of these, the mismatch between the clinical workload and the available radiologist workforce was foremost," experts wrote in JACR.

Jury absolves radiologist in $10M alleged malpractice case

The estate of a 41-year-old Virginia man claimed that radiologist Thomas Zumsteg missed signs of an aortic dissection on CT.

Rayus Radiology leader becomes RBMA board president, plus more company news

Also, Ohio's largest radiology practice names a new leader, and Envision Healthcare misses a key financial filing deadline.

SCAI blasts Medicare payment cuts to cardiology, asks members to take action

The group hopes its members can increase congressional support of a new bill introduced in the House.

artificial intelligence robot evaluates healthcare data

ChatGPT answers straightforward cardiology questions, but struggles with complex cases

The popular chat-based AI model was able to answer straightforward questions with considerable accuracy. However, it still has certain issues that need to be addressed.

Sanofi’s $2.9B acquisition of Provention Bio delayed by FTC review

According to Sanofi, it has withdrawn and refiled its premerger notification and report form with the FTC to give the agency more time to review the deal.

Management

CDC director, chief medical officer ousted as RFK shakes up agency

Radiology practice sells imaging center to hospital partner while remaining independent

Hospital system’s physician group adds imaging services by acquiring 40-year-old radiology practice

Under-reimbursement keeping radiologists from using key imaging modality, docs warn CMS

FDA details new risk with Johnson & Johnson heart pump controllers after patient’s death