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.

AvaMed CEO warns Senate that tariffs threaten medtech innovation
Scott Whitaker, the CEO of the industry lobby AvaMed, told the Senate Finance Committee that he fears tariffs will only raise the cost of care and put patients at risk if companies are unable to overcome supply chain disruptions.
Report: UnitedHealth under investigation by DOJ for criminal fraud
Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reports that UnitedHealth Group is being investigated for criminal fraud, likely stemming from its Medicare Advantage billing practices.
UnitedHealth agrees to $1.8M settlement over robocall complaint
The unwanted spam calls were associated with Optum's home healthcare service. Plaintiffs alleged they received the marketing calls despite opting out and never signing up, in violation of federal consumer protection laws. The company does not admit to wrongdoing.
FDA approves industry's first hands-free interventional X-ray system
Its voice recognition capabilities give providers the ability to maneuver the system and view images in real-time hands-free.
Duke specialists to detail the benefits of treating heart failure with Barostim
Specialists with Duke University Medical System will participate in a free webinar focused on their experience treating heart failure with the implantable Barostim technology from CVRx.

Radiology operation loses standing to provide mammography services

The FDA is warning patients and referrers about an imaging business near the nation’s capital that has fumbled away its mammography accreditation.

IDE granted for clinical research of MRI-guided focused ultrasound

The FDA has cleared a focused-ultrasound developer to compare the safety and efficacy of acoustic energy for treating prostate cancer against the more conservative approach of active surveillance.

RSNA flagship journal soars in influence; Lancet bumps NEJM on strength of pandemic publishing

Editor David Bluemke, MD, PhD, says the journal’s rising impact factor is “representative of the fundamental importance of imaging throughout our hospitals and clinics.”

The most successful case to date of a pig organ being transplanted into a human occurred back in January, when specialists at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore transplanted a modified pig heart into 57-year-old David Bennett. The FDA approved the heart transplant transplant through an emergency authorization typically reserved for experimental procedures seen as a patient’s last chance at survival. Bennett did die of heart failure two months later, but UMMC specialists had been “

FDA may allow clinical trials of pig organ transplants into human patients

The FDA would approve trials on a case-by-case basis, according to an anonymous source close to the situation.

1 dead in Texas hospital shooting

Police killed a patient at a hospital in Irving, Texas, on June 30, after the man was found to have a handgun.

AFib ablation makes financial sense, especially among heart failure patients

The additional costs associated with AFib ablation appear to be justified, researchers wrote.

Philips picks partner for multispecialty management of lung cancer

An imaging OEM is teaming with a multi-omics diagnostics company to offer lung-cancer care teams lab data alongside radiologic findings and clinical histories.

Big private payer reverses course on cardiac PET/CT coverage

One of the largest private health insurers in the U.S. has gone from considering hybrid PET/CT for cardiac indications “experimental/investigational” to displaying willingness to pay for the modality.

Management

AvaMed CEO warns Senate that tariffs threaten medtech innovation

Report: UnitedHealth under investigation by DOJ for criminal fraud

UnitedHealth agrees to $1.8M settlement over robocall complaint

FDA approves industry's first hands-free interventional X-ray system

Duke specialists to detail the benefits of treating heart failure with Barostim