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 announces recall of insulin delivery pods
Small tears were found on the inside of some of Insulet Corporation's Omnipod 5 pods. The issue was linked to a total of 18 serious adverse events.
New dyslipidemia guideline puts add-on testing, early screening in the spotlight
The updated recommendations represent a collaboration between the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and several other U.S. healthcare organizations.
Cardiology practice, cardiologists pay $4.75M to resolve DOJ fraud allegations
The physicians allegedly performed medically unnecessary ablation procedures as part of a years-long fraud scheme.
Radiology groups push UnitedHealthcare and Cigna to update payment policies for key service
The American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology and others are concerned about how the two commercial insurers regulate peripheral nerve stimulation.
Veterans facing significant challenges accessing radiology services, VA watchdog says
In one instance, a veteran's wife reported difficulty scheduling a critical imaging appointment for her husband amid concern his cancer was spreading.

American College of Radiology endorses 2 recent policy proposals to expand imaging pay

ACR highlighted a CMS proposal to grant greater access to PET for Alzheimer's detection, along with a Medicaid-related bill introduced in the U.S. House.

FDA clears augmented reality platform that creates 3D models via CT scans

The Ohio-based startup also recently scored $15M in funding from the Mayo and Cleveland clinics and GE Healthcare.

Radiology Partners affiliate ends 57-year hospital relationship amid reported physician turnover

Desert Radiology, which joined Rad Partners in 2019, had handled a “significant” number of scans at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada annually.

Lack of exposure to interventional radiology during medical school spells trouble for the future

New data derived from the survey responses of fourth year medical students reveal a significant gap in students’ exposure to and knowledge of the specialty.

FDA provides next steps in wake of blood test recall

According to the FDA, a limited number of unaffected blood tests are available if providers are unable to identify a better way forward.

Image of a bioprosthetic valve within the RVOT from the SCCT's congenital heart disease guidelines

SCCT shares new recommendations on use of CT imaging to guide congenital heart disease treatment

The group collaborated with two other medical societies, SCAI and CHSS, on the expert consensus document.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Voices from the AI beat on Llama 2, Meta’s freebie bid to outpace ChatGPT

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is offering the latest version of its large language AI model, Llama 2, for free and on an open-source basis.

Management

FDA announces recall of insulin delivery pods

New dyslipidemia guideline puts add-on testing, early screening in the spotlight

Cardiology practice, cardiologists pay $4.75M to resolve DOJ fraud allegations

Radiology groups push UnitedHealthcare and Cigna to update payment policies for key service

Veterans facing significant challenges accessing radiology services, VA watchdog says