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.

Siemens Healthineers invests $150M, with eye on ‘bringing manufacturing back to the US’
The changes will include relocating manufacturing operations for its acquired cancer care company, Varian, from Baja, Mexico, to Palo Alto, California.
RadNet confident payers will cover its breast imaging AI solution by 2026
Leaders with the publicly traded, Los Angeles-based organization discussed the possibility during RadNet’s first quarter earnings call on Monday.
DOJ halts enforcement of updated Mental Health Parity Act
A Biden-era update to the law would require private insurers to update their networks to ensure patients have access to mental and behavioral health services, with those services reimbursed in a manner similar to physical care.
It may not be easy, but it changes lives: Reframing myths of healthcare leadership
Leadership is not easy, but it is worth doing. According to one seasoned healthcare executive, the world needs more physicians to move into leadership positions.
Epic sued over alleged 'scheme to destroy' managed care company
CureIS, a company that supports healthcare providers who take Medicaid and Medicare, is accusing the EHR leader of data blocking and other anti-competitive practices that violate state and federal laws.

Hopkins radiologists warn of unsuspected COVID-19 pneumonia during routine outpatient imaging

Experts with the noted Baltimore institution believe the specialty must remain hyper-vigilant as it works through the pandemic-induced backlog of exams.

CMS overhauls physician self-referral regs, while doc groups say Stark Law still ‘beyond comprehension’

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued what it called a "historic" update in a bid to "unleash innovation" in medicine.

Ultrasound maker Butterfly Network’s $1.5B merger, Philips beats antitrust claims, plus more vendor news

Also, GE Healthcare's new acquisition, Subtle Medical raises $12 million, and Fujifilm enters a new market in imaging.

Opinion: For healthcare AI to be all that it can be, ‘the user’s needs must come first’

AI will only succeed in healthcare to the extent that it wins over all three stakeholder subpopulations—providers, payers and patients.

On-call workloads skyrocketed by nearly 300% over past 15 years, with CT a top culprit

Dutch researchers warned hospitals must help stem this trend in order to combat the rising burnout rates threatening patient safety.

CMS announces major Stark Law updates designed to help cardiologists, other providers work together

CMS has been considering such changes for years, hoping to reduce paperwork and encourage collaboration.

Practice agrees to pay $1.4M for allegedly delivering teleradiology services from outside the US

The Department of Justice claims that Mori, Bean and Brooks fraudulently billed government payment programs for the interpretation work between 2012 and 2019.

Providers blunt skyrocketing use of CT for pulmonary embolism, but numbers still climbing

CTPA delivery leapt 450% between 2004 and 2016, but efforts from Choosing Wisely and others may have made a dent, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open.

Management

Siemens Healthineers invests $150M, with eye on ‘bringing manufacturing back to the US’

RadNet confident payers will cover its breast imaging AI solution by 2026

DOJ halts enforcement of updated Mental Health Parity Act

It may not be easy, but it changes lives: Reframing myths of healthcare leadership

Epic sued over alleged 'scheme to destroy' managed care company