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.

Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth ink pact with DOJ pushing back proposed merger’s timeline

The two companies detailed their new “timing agreement” with the Department of Justice in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Radiology records smallest gain in Black faculty among medical specialties over past 30 years

This 0.32 percentage-point change since 1990 placed imaging last among 16 specialties, tied with emergency medicine, experts detailed in JAMA.

Out-of-pocket costs climbing for imaging services after mammography, despite ACA safeguards

Radiologists are concerned this trend could force women to skip crucial follow-up services such as MRI, ultrasound and breast biopsy.

For every positive COVID-19 test, radiologists record 1.2 fewer outpatient imaging exams

Northwell Health experts believe their findings offer key clues as practices navigate subsequent stages of the public health crisis.

Publicly traded imaging center operator Akumin forced to postpone its Q2 earnings release

Meanwhile, a Los Angeles-based law firm said Monday that it’s launching an investigation into the delay on behalf of investors.

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.

Management

‘Flesh-eating’ hoax on UnitedHealth leaves Las Vegas woman behind bars

Massive spending bill passes final vote in Congress with Medicaid cuts intact

Private equity firm buys health data analytics company Arcadia

Radiation in the cath lab: Tracking state-level regulations for cardiologists

Beloved cardiologist killed in airstrike—he was one of Gaza’s last heart doctors