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.

Radiology provider Akumin touts launch of its first movable PET/CT imaging centers
The Plantation, Florida, company first announced the initiative at RSNA 2024, offering clients new “relocatable and expandable” centers to be deployed across the U.S.
Private equity-backed Solis Mammography opens 3 new locations
The breast imaging group is launching two locations in Texas and marking its first foray into the Raleigh metro area, with more on the way in North Carolina.
Healthcare AI today: $81M acquisition, Illinois says no to AI therapy, AI glucose cleared, more
FDA clears AI-powered glucose monitoring app. The clearance marks a first for an over-the-counter tool in this category.
Data policy research: AI hesitancy remains real, and value-based care models are still an uncertainty
Tech vendor Reveleer and policy analytics firm Mathematica released their 2025 State of Technology in Value-Based Care report, the findings of which show that AI adoption in healthcare is widespread—but integration is spotty.
Abbott’s dissolving stent picks up a key approval
It's another big victory for Abbott's bioresorbable stent for BTK PAD.

Jury reaches ‘record’ $60M verdict in case over botched interventional procedure

The case dates to 2019, when 64-year-old David Gangaram visited a Long Island outpatient clinic for an image-guided lumbar epidural steroid injection.

Akumin chief medical officer CMO Nasir Siddiqui, MD, MBA

Radiology provider Akumin appoints chief medical officer

Nasir Siddiqui, MD, MBA, is taking on the role for the Plantation, Florida-based organization after previously spending nine years at Duly Health and Care.

Lantheus announces plans to divest SPECT imaging business

Janesville, Wisconsin-based nuclear fusion firm Shine Technologies is the buyer, issuing an upfront cash payment under terms of the deal.

Rite Aid seeking buyout as it files for bankruptcy—again

For the second time in less than two years, the struggling retail pharmacy chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, seeking buyers as it prepares for store closures.

Michigan sues PBMs, alleging unlawful collusion created ‘pharmacy deserts'

State Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics, accusing the two PBMs of manipulating rebate pricing, "crippling small, independent pharmacies and restricting access to lifesaving medications in the process."

Incidental findings evident in 70% of lung screening exams, but few reported

Despite this, consensus is lacking on whether radiologists should be required to report on findings that are not relevant to the exam.

Tariffs will cost Philips Healthcare up to $340M

U.S.-China tariffs will have a $226M to $340M net impact on its bottom line in 2025, even after substantial mitigation efforts, the imaging manufacturer estimates.

doctor comparing the costs of different medical treatments

Hospital transparency efforts fail to curb rising imaging prices

However, health policy efforts initiated in 2021 appear to be reducing variation in imaging costs, experts contend.

Management

Radiology provider Akumin touts launch of its first movable PET/CT imaging centers

Private equity-backed Solis Mammography opens 3 new locations

Healthcare AI today: $81M acquisition, Illinois says no to AI therapy, AI glucose cleared, more

Data policy research: AI hesitancy remains real, and value-based care models are still an uncertainty

Abbott’s dissolving stent picks up a key approval