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.

UnitedHealthcare delays ED policy; ACR says ‘flawed’ rule may violate patient protection laws

The nation's largest commercial health insurer is pausing implementation until "at least the end of the national public health emergency period," the organization said recently.

Radiologists and others launching large-scale initiative to tackle incidental lung nodule blind spot

Some 850 lung cancer centers of excellence are helping pinpoint nodule-management best practices and offering guidance to providers without programs in place.

FDA renewal ensures federal committee oversees medical imaging drug safety until 2023

The Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee reviews data on radiopharmaceuticals and contrast media, recommending best practices to the agency's commissioner.

COVID-19 coronavirus burnout depression pandemic

Radiologists who use ‘dysfunctional’ coping strategies increase risk of experiencing anxiety by 125%

"Behavioral disengagement" produced the greatest uptick at 169%, according to international survey results shared June 8 in Academic Radiology.

AI researchers gaining broader access to compute resources, government-gathered data

The data will draw on everything from census findings to driving habits gathered from vehicle sensors to—arguably most consequentially—medical records.

5 pitfalls radiologists should avoid during malpractice depositions

Radiologists rarely provide such testimony, posing challenges when confronted by an experienced attorney, experts wrote.

UnitedHealthcare updates ‘onerous’ prior authorization process following ACR objections

The nation's largest commercial insurer recently started forcing physicians to jump through extra hoops before getting paid for certain outpatient services.

Quality effort yields significant drop in kidney stone CT radiation exposure

The multifaceted approach included education and personalized consultation to help radiologists adopt reduced-radiation imaging protocols.

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