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.

The COVID ‘black swan event’ and what radiology can learn from Time magazine’s pandemic pivot

Coronavirus was a "punch in the mouth" for the noted publication, but it has also offered lessons that apply in imaging, Time President Keith Grossman wrote in JACR.

Congress members want screws tightened on radiology providers who ignore price transparency rule

The legislation requires hospitals to provide upfront pricing for certain “shoppable” services, including 13 specified imaging exams.

Lawsuits challenge UnitedHealth’s $13B deal with Change Healthcare, while shareholders give OK

Those filing suit claim the radiology vendor has made misleading or incomplete statements about the merger, which Change denies.

Radiology provider stands up to Cigna in lawsuit over $400K in denied COVID-19 services

Rochelle Park, New Jersey-based Open MRI and Imaging said it was within its rights to take legal action against the insurer and urged a federal judge not to dismiss its claims.

Congress averts Medicare cuts set to hit radiologists, sending final bill to president

The U.S. House finalized legislation in a 384-38 vote, drawing praise from the American Medical Association and other provider groups.

‘Long overdue’: Radiology groups urge ABR to allow 12 weeks of medical leave during residency

Doing so would establish the boards as a "trailblazer among medical specialties," dozens of docs wrote Tuesday in RSNA's Radiology.

M&A mergers and acquisitions business deal

Endologix acquires medical device company focused on peripheral artery disease

PQ Bypass, the company Endologix acquired, has gained significant attention for its Detour platform, an investigational treatment for percutaneous femoral-popliteal bypass.

Lawmakers blast ‘flawed’ CMS reimbursement policy for diagnostic imaging drugs

Two U.S. congressmen are urging the federal agency to modify its reimbursement methodology for radiopharmaceuticals to improve patient access.

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