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.

Upcoding on the rise across all outpatient settings, study finds
A report by researchers at Trilliant Health found that common symptoms—such as cough, nausea and rash—are often coded as complex medical events, resulting in higher reimbursement rates.
CVS, Kroger among bidders for Rite Aid stores and prescription data
According to a report, Walgreens also expressed interest in an unknown number of pharmacies as Rite Aid seeks to liquidate all its assets.
Cardiology employment models undergoing a dramatic shift
Gerald G. Blackwell, MD, MBA, MedAxiom's president and CEO, examined how different cardiology employment models look today compared to even a decade ago.
Former HHS Secretary Tom Price: Immigration reform could alleviate healthcare staffing crisis
Tom Price, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, and former secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is an advocate for changing immigration policy to help solve the growing shortage of doctors and nurses in the U.S.
Original Banksy artwork headed to auction—proceeds will help fund heart research
The piece in question, which features a red heart-shaped balloon, has an unusual origin story, even by Banksy’s standards.

Interview with Elizabeth K. Arleo, MD, and Radiology Business Editor Dave Pearson on American College of Radiology, ACR, new family medical leave resolution.

VIDEO: Dr. Arleo on why ACR has gone all in with paid family/medical leave

Radiology practice leaders who begrudge requests for parental and medical leave—if any such leaders are still extant in 2022—received a bracing wakeup call in late April.

‘The debate continues’: Steroid injections to arthritic knees and hips found significantly safer than previously shown

Of 1,000 patients injected with corticosteroids under fluoroscopic guidance at an academic medical center over a 4½-year period, only 10 experienced serious complications within a year.

More than 90% of healthcare workers have experienced violence

The findings align with other recent studies about high levels of violence in healthcare workplaces.

VIDEO: Factors responsible for cardiologist burnout

American College of Cardiology President Edward T. A. Fry, MD, discusses cardiologist burnout and how the pandemic accelerated the issue.

Researchers receive fresh $11M to continue cracking post-TBI epilepsy

Structural brain abnormalities detected by MRI are among the risk factors the funded researchers will identify as novel biomarkers.

Academic surveyors find 56% of consumers anticipate better healthcare through AI

More than 40% of Americans are generally OK with the thought of AI reading their chest x-rays. Moreover, some 12.3% are very comfortable with the prospect.

How advanced practice providers could increase revenue in radiology

APP volume and share of image-guided paracentesis increased from 10.2% to 15.8%, and from 7.7% to 12.9% for thoracentesis, while Medicare reimbursement for both procedures has seen a reduction since 2012.

Radiologist skill level, not preference, to blame for varied diagnoses, new study suggests

Experts arrived at this conclusion after analyzing 4.67 million chest radiographs on patients with suspected pneumonia.

Management

Upcoding on the rise across all outpatient settings, study finds

CVS, Kroger among bidders for Rite Aid stores and prescription data

Cardiology employment models undergoing a dramatic shift

Former HHS Secretary Tom Price: Immigration reform could alleviate healthcare staffing crisis

Original Banksy artwork headed to auction—proceeds will help fund heart research