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.

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.
80% of requests for emergency head CT inadequate, single-center study finds
Addressing these inappropriate imaging referrals is necessary to reduce healthcare costs, radiation exposure and pollution, experts write in Insights into Imaging.
63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages
Approximately 42% of those polled aren’t confident progress will be made in the next decade to address the shortfall, Medscape found.
Report: DOJ investigating business practices of UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx
Bloomberg said the pharmacy benefit manager is being probed as part of a larger look into the “prescription management services” of UnitedHealth. According to sources, this may be related to an ongoing investigation into alleged instances of Medicare Advantage upcoding.
New $6B Eversana looks to bypass PBMs and lower drug prices
A merger between Eversana and Waltz Health will create a new entity that CEO Mark Thierer says will upend the “existing oligopoly that I helped build.”

Details emerge on yet another MRI accident

The accident happened on February 23, and it has since been revealed that it occurred at Kaiser Permanente’s Redwood City Medical Center facility.

CDC warns of new deadly super fungus

The emerging fungus, Candida auris (C. auris), has been spreading across healthcare facilities at an “alarming rate,” according to the CDC.

Radiology subinternships could be key to increasing interest in the specialty

Offering radiology subinternships to medical students can increase interest and improve perceptions of the field.

IR proves strong on practicality, profitability—but some cost-inclusive metrics remain to be shown

Recent evidence confirms that interventional radiology produces solid clinical outcomes while beating surgery on the cost-effectiveness of numerous procedures.

Blood thinner recalled due to potential cancer risk

The recall, announced by the FDA, includes multiple lots of dabigatran etexilate capsules.

Practice leaders must take ‘urgent action’ to address moral distress in radiology

This dilemma occurs when providers knows the right thing to do for a patient, but institutional constraints prevent them.

overnight night shift attending radiologist burnout

Hospital to pay False Claims Act penalty for allegedly letting unsupervised residents interpret X-rays

University of Iowa Health Care also has agreed to mandate that physicians receive training on Medicare's requirements for reimbursement in a teaching setting.

Exploring the costs, volume and takeaways from delivering imaging at a student-run free clinic

Four years of running the imaging portion of the program cost nearly $158,000, experts wrote in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

Management

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

80% of requests for emergency head CT inadequate, single-center study finds

63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages

Report: DOJ investigating business practices of UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx

New $6B Eversana looks to bypass PBMs and lower drug prices