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.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech ordered to pay $147M for antitrust violations
The company told Cardiovascular Business it respectfully disagrees with the jury's decision and is evaluating all possible legal options going forward. The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, meanwhile, celebrated the news.
American Hospital Association, ACR urge administration to protect imaging from tariffs
The hospital trade group highlighted a recent survey, which found that 82% of healthcare experts expect tariff-related expenses to raise hospital costs by at least 15%.
Hunger, recent travel and occupational exhaustion significantly impact radiologists’ breast imaging reads
These findings signal the “urgent need” for interventions to address workload management, provide adequate resources and promote rad well-being.
University of Maryland names new radiology chair
Tarek N. Hanna, MD, is a nationally recognized expert in emergency and trauma radiology, currently working for Emory in Atlanta.
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.

Radiologist-delivered ablation for lung cancer costs significantly less than surgery, but utilization still low

Average payment for the first year of therapy landed at $11,975 for imaging-guided percutaneous ablation, nearly half of surgery's tally, experts wrote in Academic Radiology.

‘Grave concern’: Radiologist reimbursement expected to plummet after CMS clinical labor wage update

The Society of Interventional Radiology said the proposed cuts represent a “perfect storm,” resulting from the feds’ failure to keep labor rates and product tables current with inflation.

Legal battle brewing over AI’s potential status as a ‘nonhuman inventor’

If humans and only humans can be named inventors on U.S. patent applications, some AI developers are going to be disincentivized from innovating.

Machine learning helps explain, quantify differences between men’s and women’s soccer

Women soccer players have either better ball-recovery skills than men or worse ball retainment. Either way, the result is a “more fragmented game” in women’s soccer.

RSNA 2021 in Chicago to require COVID-19 vaccination, masks

For those who cannot comply, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based professional society said it’s offering a “robust” virtual component for its popular annual meeting that kicks off Nov. 28.

COVID-19 congress coronavirus Washington

US Senate passes radiologist-backed burnout bill in response to physician’s suicide

ACR voiced its support for the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act and believes COVID-19 has created an "unprecedented" health crisis among providers.

Patients paying out of pocket for medical imaging to avoid lengthy wait times

The average wait time for an MRI scan exceeds 90 days in some parts of Canada and may extend to 133 days by 2022, according to a new report.

Hit with a ‘tidal wave’ of merger filings in 2021, FTC rethinking how it reviews consolidation

M&A activity has been "astounding" in recent months and with the agency short on manpower, it may be forced to uncouple deals after appointed deadlines.

Management

Johnson & Johnson MedTech ordered to pay $147M for antitrust violations

American Hospital Association, ACR urge administration to protect imaging from tariffs

Hunger, recent travel and occupational exhaustion significantly impact radiologists’ breast imaging reads

University of Maryland names new radiology chair

Upcoding on the rise across all outpatient settings, study finds