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.

Other specialties join radiology in support of bill to boost CT imaging funding
Societies representing chest physicians, orthopedic foot and ankle specialists, thoracic and plastic surgeons, and gynecologic oncologists are joining ACR in the effort.
Smartwatches reduce physician burnout while improving resilience
Radiation oncologists and other specialists wore the devices for six months at two pilot institutions, with promising initial results.
Imaging-guided surgery startup Method AI raises $20M in Series A financing
Founded in 2021 as a spinoff of the Cleveland Clinic, its platform leverages continuous 3D ultrasound and AI-generated surgical plans to guide robotic-assisted procedures.
Court approves $2.8B BCBS class-action settlement; insurer to make changes
The settlement reached in October 2024 has been finalized. A fund is being set up for the estimated 3 million claimants, as BCBS pledges to reform its BlueCard health plans.
Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients
The initial incident happened in April. Since that time, the notorious cybercrime cell Interlock has claimed responsibility. A data dump from the breach was put up for sale on the dark web.

Proposed bills in several states would bolster coverage for breast imaging services

The Susan G. Komen organization has lobbied for the proposals and recently touted them in a series of separate announcements.

Closing the loop and settling rare clinical disagreements between radiologists at the same institution

Oftentimes, these deviations can occur informally, but experts believe careful documentation is needed to resolve them in a timely fashion.

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AI in healthcare? Many patients seem unimpressed

60% of U.S. adults would be uncomfortable if their healthcare provider relied on AI for their medical care.

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Low-field MRI systems improve accessibility, but what kind of diagnostic quality do they offer?

Experts recently compared the use of a 0.55T low-field MRI system to a 1.5T system to determine whether the results rendered were within an acceptable diagnostic range.

ACR, other doc groups call for quick end to latest surprise-billing suit in new court filing

Some physicians believe recent guidance from the federal government will make the mechanism for settling payment disputes with insurers “economically infeasible."

Fatal accident calls MRI safety standards into question—are more regulations needed?

There are a number of well-intended recommendations for preventing MRI injuries, but many of them stop short of implementing safety requirements.

Regional One hit by data breach

Reventics, a revenue cycle management company and a business associate of Regional One Health, detected a cyber-intruder who accessed the company’s servers in December 2022.

CMS not changing ALZ drug restrictions

The announcement comes as more Alzheimer’s drugs are being evaluated with hopes that some new treatments could be breakthroughs.

Management

Other specialties join radiology in support of bill to boost CT imaging funding

Smartwatches reduce physician burnout while improving resilience

Imaging-guided surgery startup Method AI raises $20M in Series A financing

Court approves $2.8B BCBS class-action settlement; insurer to make changes

Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients