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.

Biden administration invests $103M in reducing burnout among cardiologists, other healthcare workers

The money is part of the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill President Joe Biden signed into law in March.

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HeartFlow announces plans to merge, go public in deal worth $2.4B

Once the transaction is finalized, the combined entity will go by the name HeartFlow Group and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange as “HFLO.”

‘Startling shift’: 70% of physicians employed by private equity firms or other corporate entities

Corporations own half of U.S. medical practices, with PE and similar stakeholders producing the sharpest increase (32%) in acquisitions between 2019-2020.

Nearly 40% of radiologists and other doctors working side gigs amid pandemic

Docs on average earned $25,000, with men collecting more ($27,500) compared to female colleagues ($20,900), Medscape reported.

‘This must be countered’: Radiologists launch political fund to stop nonphysician scope-of-practice gains

The American College of Radiology Association is providing the initial $225,000 with the goal of safeguarding patients’ access to physician-led care.

Bullet pierces mobile mammography unit during imaging exam, halting screening event

The incident occurred on Chicago’s South Side, with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Assured Imaging hosting a popup 3D mammogram clinic at a local shopping center

CMS Stark Law advisory grants radiology practices more flexibility in structuring their organizations

Provider groups can potentially use subsidiaries for different markets or different payer arrangements based on the new guidance, experts advised.

As ‘right to repair’ debate continues, hospitals go after surgical robot company

The 'right to repair' debate is one that could impact heart teams and device manufacturers for years to come. Some hospitals have had a head start, accusing one company of unfair repair policies that put patients at risk.

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