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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Coalition of 86 healthcare groups calls for change to Affordable Care Act rule

In a letter to Congress, the groups are urging lawmakers to support HR 9001 and lift the ban on physician-run hospitals.

FDA issues recall on infusion pump parts due to risk of uncontrollable drug flow

Due to a risk of fatal overdose, the recall is labeled as the most serious of its type. While no patients have died, two have reportedly been injured. 

Shockwave Medical, a Johnson & Johnson MedTech company, has officially launched its Shockwave E8 Peripheral IVL Catheter in the United States. Shockwave’s E8 catheter was designed specifically to treat patients with calcified femoropopliteal and below-the-knee (BTK) peripheral artery disease (PAD), including those diagnosed with complex chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI).

Shockwave Medical launches new FDA-approved IVL catheter for PAD, CLTI

The new device, already cleared by the FDA, was designed to treat femoropopliteal and below-the-knee PAD. 

Biotronik has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to make its Solia S lead and Selectra 3D catheter available for a new indication: left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP).

FDA approves Biotronik lead, catheter for left bundle branch area pacing

LBBAP is a relatively new alternative to biventricular pacing. The FDA's decision was based largely on data from the BIO-CONDUCT clinical trial.

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Lawmakers introduce radiologist-supported bill to punish payers that fail to pony up under NSA

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., unveiled the No Surprises Enforcement Act on Sept. 13, joined by Reps. Raul Ruiz, MD, D-Calif., and John Joyce, MD, R-Penn. 

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Physician burnout has become ‘widespread,’ Radiology Partners warns Medicare program

Continued declines in reimbursement and mounting administrative burdens are combining to weigh down members of the specialty, RP wrote in recent comments. 

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US radiology providers catering to patients facing long wait times for imaging in Canada

One critical access hospital in North Dakota is treating upward of 20 Canadian patients per month, the CBC reports. 

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Social media ads led 200K patients to unwittingly drop their insurance

Users on Facebook and Snapchat clicked on ads promising free cash, only to find out their health plan changed.

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