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.

When healthcare met politics with time running out: 3 new developments
The director of the National Institutes of Health and his principal deputy are touting their success at ‘curing’ the agency of its self-inflicted DEI disability.
FDA approves new nasal spray for patients with abnormal heart rhythms
Milestone Pharmaceuticals will be selling etripamil under the brand name Cardamyst. It is expected to hit the U.S. market in early 2026.
Philips to acquire AI-enabled intravascular imaging specialists SpectraWAVE
Massachusetts-based SpectraWAVE has gained considerable momentum in recent years, planting its flag in some of cardiology’s biggest trends. The company was co-founded by cardiologists and has already secured multiple FDA clearances.
American College of Radiology criticizes prominent study pushing for new approach to breast cancer screening
Published Friday in JAMA, scientists recently explored a risk-based mammography tactic that tailors regular imaging regimens to each individual’s danger of developing the disease.
Class action lawsuit claims imaging agent developer Telix Pharmaceuticals misled investors
Alleged transgressions took place between February and August, including the FDA rejecting Telix’s application for a new brain cancer imaging agent.

New contrast agent receives FDA approval after competitors collaborate on development

The Sept. 21 announcement states that Gadopiclenol Injection—a highly stable macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent—is approved for use in adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older during MRI exams.

AHA, AMA drop lawsuit challenge to No Surprises Act

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) have dropped their legal challenge to the interim final rule independent dispute resolution process of the No Surprises Act.

Intelerad acquires Life Image, becomes 'largest medical image exchange network in the world'

The acquisition represents a significant advance in interoperability and will combine networks that total over 80 billion images globally, including data from institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Go-anywhere imaging devices dispatched to Kenya

Butterfly Network has sent 500 of its iQ+ handheld ultrasound devices to Kenya as part of a charitable effort to improve outcomes for, primarily, mothers-to-be and their babies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Tough sledding for patients using hospital ‘transparency’ tools to obtain imaging price estimates

Notwithstanding CMS’ most-shoppable-services rule, radiology researchers find much work lies ahead “if the goal of online price estimators is for patients to use them.”

Judge approves UnitedHealth Group’s planned acquisition of Change

UnitedHealth Group can move ahead with its planned $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare after a district court shot down the Department of Justice’s attempt to block the transaction.

Use of ultrasound to guide needles used for femoral vascular access for cath lab procedures can help reduce bleeding and vascular complications. But the Universal Trial at TCT 2022 showed no difference. Image courtesy of Sonosite

Ultrasound guidance for femoral access did not reduce bleeding or vascular complications in TCT late-breaker

The UNIVERSAL Trial, one of the largest multicenter randomized trials comparing ultrasound with fluoroscopic guidance vs. fluoroscopic guidance alone, found there was no reduction in major vascular access complications.

Improving the diagnostic value of portable imaging: Experts propose 3 interventions

After experts from one institution evaluated 500 portable chest x-rays completed during the summer of 2021, it was revealed that 46.2% of the images obtained were problematic, requiring the imaging to be repeated.

Management

When healthcare met politics with time running out: 3 new developments

FDA approves new nasal spray for patients with abnormal heart rhythms

Philips to acquire AI-enabled intravascular imaging specialists SpectraWAVE

American College of Radiology criticizes prominent study pushing for new approach to breast cancer screening

Class action lawsuit claims imaging agent developer Telix Pharmaceuticals misled investors