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.

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Radiologists buy back control of practice from private equity platform

Jones Radiology had been part of fellow Australian company I-Med Radiology Network for over 25 years before buying back the 49% company stake. 

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Lawsuit against Ascension over data breach affecting 5.6M patients moves forward

The 2024 ransomware attack on Ascension Health impacted operations in 12 states and led to protected health information being taken by hackers. A class action of plaintiffs is seeking damages.

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Medical marijuana company sued after 1M records leaked online

Ohio Medical Alliance, which operates in six states to help individuals obtain medical marijuana cards, is facing a class action lawsuit after a cybersecurity researcher discovered a 323 GB trove of patient data online.

Pre-imaging pain medication may impact accuracy of abdominal ultrasounds

New data published in Emergency Radiology suggest this common practice could skew the results of some scans.

Anders Gilberg, MGA, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), said the rapid fire changes in healthcare policy under the Trump administration has been a whirlwind with a mix of reactions by stakeholders to policies based on reality and and also perception of possible impacts. #MGMA

MGMA weighs in on Washington’s political turmoil, Medicaid cuts and healthcare policy uncertainty

“It’s been a whirlwind,” Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at MGMA, told HealthExec. “Rarely do we have an administration come in and do so much in such a short period of time.”

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American College of Cardiology shares new expert recommendations on treating tricuspid regurgitation

There have been so many developments in the treatment of TR that it can be challenging to keep up. The ACC crafted this new document to help ensure cardiologists, cardiac imagers and other clinicians have access to the most recent clinical data and policy decisions.

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Healthcare AI today: major breast screening AI trial, AI’s appetite for data, AI prior auth: wise and WISeR, more

CMS is prepping to pilot AI for prior authorization of Medicare claims in six states. Critics say the Trump Administration is acting hypocritically.

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Controversial Medicare cost-cutting initiative may kill seniors, radiology society warns

The Society of Interventional Radiology on Monday formally announced its opposition to the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (or “WISeR”) Model.