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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Senator Susan Collins joins fight against ‘devastating’ CMS pay cuts to radiology

The long-tenured lawmaker voiced her support for the physician community in a letter to Mitch McConnell and other Senate leaders. 

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Imaging manufacturer pays $18M to settle whistleblower suit; GE’s FDA win, plus more vendor news

Also, Carestream launches its own talk show, Ambra Health expands its partnership with Rad-Aid and more marketplace moves. 

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Politician under fire for calling radiologists redundant, comparing profession to grocery store cashiers

The comments have ignited controversy among local physicians, who have asked the finance official for a meeting to discuss his remarks. 

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Planned Medicare cuts will ‘cripple specialty providers,’ radiology groups warn congressional leaders

Imaging groups are continuing their full-court press on the House and Senate, seeking to avert tens of millions in payment reductions slated for Jan. 1. 

Industry least fretful over work-from-home cyberthreats: Healthcare

Compared with other major industries, healthcare believes itself to be at significantly lower risk for data breaches now than when the COVID crisis began prompting employers to let staff work from home.

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How one tertiary care center converted its interventional radiology suite and enhanced imaging utilization

The volume of CT scans and IR procedures completed each month jumped by 39.2% and 3.1%, respectively, with even larger gains in previously shared rooms.

Digital health investors plunked down $10.3B in 2020’s first three quarters

In spite of the troubles 2020 has brought to the healthcare economy, the first nine months of the year saw digital health companies break all previous records for attracting venture capital.

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The pandemic’s toll: Total deaths, death from heart disease both up in the US

Total death counts in the United States are typically consistent from one year to the next, the authors noted—but not in 2020.