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.

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Telehealth provider raises $20M to improve cardiac rehab enrollment

The company hopes this investment will help bridge gaps in care for underserved groups.

Lumbar surgery AI planner, tracker gets regulatory green light

A machine learning system for planning spine surgery that also predicts post-op spinal alignment six months out has cleared the FDA’s 510(k) review process.

3D mammography may shake ‘routine’ out of architectural distortion surgery

When counseling patients with architectural distortion on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) but no signs of malignancy on biopsy, mammographers should raise imaging alone as a sound option for surveillance.

Early follow-up care boosts outcomes, including survival, among heart failure patients

Researchers tracked data from more than 450,000 patients treated over the course of 15 years, sharing their findings in JAMA Network Open.

Surgeons successfully transplant pig hearts into recently deceased humans

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health successfully transplanted two genetically engineered pigs hearts into recently deceased humans in June and July.

Content-based AI system decreases read times by 31% while increasing accuracy

Using CBIRS decreased interpretation times despite the radiologists who utilized them having to review the additional information the system provided.

Study suggests an increase in patient safety for heart attack patients

Care for heart patients shows considerable improvement, but 'bold reforms' still necessary

A new analysis found that patient safety has improved for many cardiac patients—but is it enough?

Maturing partnership between OEM and AI shop yielding MRI advances

Siemens Healthineers has successfully integrated image-reconstruction software developed by a U.S. healthcare AI startup to increase sharpness and decrease noise in MR images captured during fast scanning sequences.

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