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.

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.
First-of-its-kind framework monitors real-time performance of radiology AI tools
The new framework offers organizations real-time, detailed assessments of how algorithms that have been implemented into workflows are impacting efficiency and outcomes.
Cardiology groups among the many voices asking Congress not to cut Medicaid
More than 40 U.S. healthcare organizations are urging Congress not to make sweeping Medicaid cuts that could result in approximately 7.6 million Americans losing health insurance.

American Medical Association declares racism an ‘urgent public health threat’

AMA called for systemic and structural change to improve the health of the nation as a whole.

$500K on the table in AI vs. COVID contest

Nonprofit competition organizer XPrize is partnering with global tech consultancy Cognizant to award AI innovators in a pandemic response challenge.

Center for Diagnostic Imaging enters new market with acquisition of 8 outpatient radiology centers

Leaders with the growing practice said they’ll continue to seek further deals in the near term, focusing on “high quality providers in attractive markets.”

Low-dose CT lung cancer screening adherence rates may be even worse than reported

Rates varied dramatically, falling as low as 12% and high as 91%, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Radiology can serve as a ‘force’ to steer conversation on world’s fastest growing social media app

Around since 2017, TikTok has skyrocketed in popularity, with more than 500M active users and 1B downloads. Yet, few in the imaging community actually use it.

Surprise medical bills cost younger adults more

Millennials are feeling the pain of surprise medical bills more acutely than the generations that preceded them.

Radiologist trainees prevail in 69% of rare malpractice cases brought against them

Radiology litigation most frequently involved alleged misdiagnoses or procedural complications, Emory University experts wrote in JACR.

Measles coiled to do children far more harm than COVID-19

Unless the world takes action now, millions of children will contract measles next year. Hundreds of thousands could die, and much of the suffering will have been preventable.

Management

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

First-of-its-kind framework monitors real-time performance of radiology AI tools

Cardiology groups among the many voices asking Congress not to cut Medicaid