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.

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Over 45% of radiologists and other docs are burned out, down from the 2021 peak

Despite the improvement, physicians remain at greater risk for such workplace fatigue when compared to other professions, the AMA reports. 

Prenuvo's newest location in New York City.

Fresh off raising $120M, whole-body MRI radiology group Prenuvo expands in new market

The imaging startup is bringing its $2,499 elective exam to Las Vegas with additional locations in the works across Charlotte, Columbus, Miami, Nashville and Pittsburgh. 

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Trump lifts most tariffs, promises ‘major’ levies on pharmaceuticals

President Trump announced that most of his "reciprocal" tariffs have been halted. However, he raised those on Chinese goods to 125%.  

UMMC sued after pharmacist allegedly hacked computers to spy on women

The academic medical center is accused of deploying lax security protocols that allowed an employee to access internet-connected cameras and private emails in acts of privacy invasion that lasted a decade. 

American College of Cardiology (ACC) President Christopher Kramer, MD, FACC, spoke at a hearing of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies March 9 to urge lawmakers to allocate full funding for the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research, and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R.6829). It was signed into law in the closing weeks of the Biden administration. #ACC

ACC testifies in Washington to get funding for the HEARTS Act amid big cuts to healthcare

ACC President Christopher Kramer, MD, testified before a Congressional subcommittee to ask for federal funding to support a new law aimed at reducing sudden cardiac arrest deaths, and to support NIH research.

Body found in New Orleans believed to be missing radiologist

Paul Rodrigue, MD, went missing last week and was last seen on Saturday, March 29, in the Mid-City area.

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Radiology practice managers speak out against Trump administration tariffs

UPDATED: Amid criticism from the business community, the White House on Wednesday scaled back some of its proposal. 

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Moral distress is ‘pervasive’ in radiology, with 4 primary causes

Common drivers include performing an unsafe number of studies, lack of administrative support and pressure to conduct unnecessary imaging.