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.

President Trump finalizes spending bill with 2.5% rad pay bump, but no inflation-based Medicare reform
The bill also includes some $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, with nearly 12 million kicked off insurance, drawing criticism from the American Medical Association and hospital lobbying groups.
Radiology among specialties seeing greatest year-over-year gains in compensation: AMGA
Experts believe the data signal a continuing shortage of physicians across radiology and other specialties.
Survey unearths confusion among women around when to start mammograms
Among 1,600 U.S. adults surveyed, about 49% said they know that age 40 is when women at average risk should begin screening.
Strategic Radiology expands to 25th state with addition of Alaska Imaging
Based in Anchorage, the state’s largest community, the 25-year-old practice employs 20 board-certified radiologists delivering diagnostic and interventional services.
‘Flesh-eating’ hoax on UnitedHealth leaves Las Vegas woman behind bars
Jennifer Forbes, 50, allegedly sent a cryptic, threatening letter to a UnitedHealthcare office along with an unknown substance. She has been charged with two counts of terrorism.

UnitedHealth subsidiary must pay $20M after purposely denying claims to ‘protect its bottom line’

The ruling ends a more than six year class-action lawsuit against United Behavioral Health.

7 tips for attracting first year medical students to radiology

"The great educator can alter and influence the career trajectory of their students," experts recently advised in Academic Radiology.

Less experienced radiologists are more susceptible to fatigue when reading DBT exams

Recall rates increased by 11.5% every hour among interpreting radiologists with less than five years of experience, according to a new study in Radiology.

Training program bolsters radiology residents’ skills at gaining informed consent, disclosing complications

Physicians are often tasked with this important duty, but many lack familiarity with the process due to minimal training, experts wrote recently.

Modality log files show patient motion during MR exams costs radiology departments time and money

Patient movement during MR exams can cost $115,000 per scanner annually, prompting researchers to call for enhanced motion correction techniques.

R1 RCM agrees to purchase AI revenue cycle company Cloudmed in $4.1B deal

The acquisition includes $857 million of debt from private equity-backed Cloudmed, the organization's announced Monday, Jan. 10.

Imaging during total hip replacement surgery is cost-effective, new research reveals

Intraoperative fluoroscopy is beneficial if it can prevent even 1 corrective, follow-up surgery out of every 400 total hip arthroplasties, doctors reported in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Virtual radiology residency interviews 'very successful' but future processes remain uncertain

Nearly 87% of respondents said the format worked out well but there were mixed feelings about how programs should proceed.

Management

President Trump finalizes spending bill with 2.5% rad pay bump, but no inflation-based Medicare reform

Radiology among specialties seeing greatest year-over-year gains in compensation: AMGA

Survey unearths confusion among women around when to start mammograms

Strategic Radiology expands to 25th state with addition of Alaska Imaging

‘Flesh-eating’ hoax on UnitedHealth leaves Las Vegas woman behind bars