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.

Siemens Healthineers invests $150M, with eye on ‘bringing manufacturing back to the US’
The changes will include relocating manufacturing operations for its acquired cancer care company, Varian, from Baja, Mexico, to Palo Alto, California.
RadNet confident payers will cover its breast imaging AI solution by 2026
Leaders with the publicly traded, Los Angeles-based organization discussed the possibility during RadNet’s first quarter earnings call on Monday.
DOJ halts enforcement of updated Mental Health Parity Act
A Biden-era update to the law would require private insurers to update their networks to ensure patients have access to mental and behavioral health services, with those services reimbursed in a manner similar to physical care.
It may not be easy, but it changes lives: Reframing myths of healthcare leadership
Leadership is not easy, but it is worth doing. According to one seasoned healthcare executive, the world needs more physicians to move into leadership positions.
Epic sued over alleged 'scheme to destroy' managed care company
CureIS, a company that supports healthcare providers who take Medicaid and Medicare, is accusing the EHR leader of data blocking and other anti-competitive practices that violate state and federal laws.

Generic, FDA approved contrast agent set to hit the market in wake of nationwide shortage

On July 18 Fresenius Kabi announced that they are rolling out a line of generic contrast media products, starting immediately with Iodixanol Injection USP.

Providers ask for higher payments in OPPS proposed rule

The proposed payment increase of 2.7% doesn't make up for sequestration cuts, inflation, and other factors hitting hospitals, medical groups say.

Radiologist starting salaries up 13.5% over last year

Radiologists are receiving salary offers averaging $455,000 to start a new job in 2022, up from $401,000 in 2021.

Where money is tight, screening mammography is conditionally cost-effective compared with other proactive options

In countries with low to middling gross national incomes, screening mammography appears to be a cost-effective means of minimizing breast cancer’s economic costs and public-health burdens at the population level. However …

True or false? ‘AI does not influence radiologists’ performance’

A healthcare AI startup in Silicon Valley is partnering with a top-tier medical school—and hopefully a few good radiologists—to test a hypothesis that’s increasingly crucial to radiology.

GE will keep its brand in spin-off moves

GE HealthCare will be the name of the company’s healthcare business, while its energy portfolio will go under the moniker GE Vernova, and its aviation business will be dubbed GE Aerospace.

The highest starting salaries among U.S. physicians

Starting salaries for specialist physicians have mostly increased over the last year. Demand for those specialists is also on the rise.

Highly referenced breast density education hub makes patient-driven updates

Citing low health literacy as a barrier between providers and patients in overcoming healthcare disparities, DenseBreast-info.org updated their breast density materials to include more patient-friendly, “simple language.”

Management

Siemens Healthineers invests $150M, with eye on ‘bringing manufacturing back to the US’

RadNet confident payers will cover its breast imaging AI solution by 2026

DOJ halts enforcement of updated Mental Health Parity Act

It may not be easy, but it changes lives: Reframing myths of healthcare leadership

Epic sued over alleged 'scheme to destroy' managed care company