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.

‘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.
Massive spending bill passes final vote in Congress with Medicaid cuts intact
The 940-page document passed the House of Representatives in a 218 to 214 vote, and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk. It contains a 20% cut to federal Medicaid funding, something Trump said he opposes.
Private equity firm buys health data analytics company Arcadia
With the buyout, global private equity investor Nordic Capital makes a big bet on healthcare AI. Arcadia said the influx of cash will be used to improve its technology and find new sources for data it can use for quality care initiatives.
Radiation in the cath lab: Tracking state-level regulations for cardiologists
Researchers hope these policies can be standardized in the future to help avoid confusion and improve clinician safety.
Beloved cardiologist killed in airstrike—he was one of Gaza’s last heart doctors
A prominent doctor and multiple family members are dead after an Israeli airstrike. "Thousands of heart patients will suffer as a result of his killing," one colleague said.

Americans are paying more than ever for healthcare, but how much depends on where they live.

Across the West, for example, the rise in Medicare beneficiaries has outpaced rads by 10.1%.

Patients must be informed that LCS is not a "one and done" test and that returning for annual screening is critical, experts wrote in JACR.

While the numbers are painful to see, researchers with Johns Hopkins and Michigan State University believe they’re necessary to help curb high costs.

The partnership will allow providers to access iCAD's FDA-cleared MICA platform anywhere in the world, company officials said Tuesday.

In some cases private payer rates were more than 10 times the Medicare rate for the same exam.

"Be the squeaky wheel. This issue was taken care of because physicians stood up,” Rad Partners' Richard Heller, MD, told RSNA attendees.

Radiology experts analyzed fetal MRIs from 33 women who contracted the virus while bearing a child, sharing their results at RSNA21.