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.

Stanford addresses controversial radiologist Scott Atlas’ ‘rise up’ comments, while others demand his firing

The Hoover Institution fellow and White House COVID-19 advisor drew fire earlier this week for urging Michigan residents to stand up against further lockdowns.

5 mixed takes on the opening of Amazon Pharmacy

When Amazon opened the doors of its drugstore business Nov. 17, the potential competitive ramifications rattled that industry on many levels. Would establishment drug sellers stand a chance against the mighty retail innovator?

Patient experience, human design thinking crucial for radiologists seeking normalcy amid pandemic

RSNA's COVID-19 Task Force is now looking to better understand the factors that go into patients’ decisions to seek, or delay, imaging care.

Radiologists spend $14,680 on certification over a 30-year career, topping most specialties

The finding is part of a new report from the American College of Radiology’s Task Force on Certification.

Nuance hands off 2 business units, leans hard into conversational AI

A new company called DeliverHealth Solutions is forming to service clients of Nuance’s HIM transcription and EHR go-live businesses.

6 benefits of having medical students interview potential radiology faculty members

Vanderbilt University Medical Center trainees shared their experience with the program, which has been running successfully for six years, in JACR.

‘Dead wrong’: American College of Radiology sounds alarm over low doc engagement on high-impact issue

The Radiology Advocacy Network is trying to drum up support for a bill to grant rads a pay hike, but they're seeing historically low response rates.

3 ways to drive rather than react to workforce changes quickened by COVID

COVID-19 has not so much rebooted U.S. healthcare’s workforce as it has hastened transformative changes in staffing strategies that were taking shape before the pandemic got here.

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