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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UnitedHealthcare cutting radiology group pay rates in bid to preserve affordability

“Rapidly rising healthcare costs continue to be a top concern for members and their employers," the nation's largest commercial insurer wrote in a recent letter to an unidentified imaging group. 

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Radiologist, radiation oncologist elected to National Academy of Medicine

The independent, nonprofit—which provides objective advice on health policy—has picked Pamela K. Woodard, MD, and David G. Kirsch, MD, PhD, for the prestigious designation. 

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Minnesota investigates nonprofit hospital’s use of illegal noncompete contracts

Such contract provisions are illegal in the state. However, doctors at Aspirus Health’s St. Luke’s Hospital said they’re being pressured to sign contract renewals with noncompete clauses under threat of termination.

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AI could reduce reliance on gadolinium for contrast-enhanced MRI

New artificial intelligence technology could be used as a complimentary tool alongside low-dose GBCAs to enhance exams without sacrificing image quality.

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Hospital system sues UnitedHealth over ‘denied, delayed’ Medicare Advantage reimbursement

Tennessee-based Ballad Health said it's tried for years to resolve the issues with the insurer but now has 'no choice' but to take legal action, as denied claims are leading to longer hospital stays and higher expenses.

ASE leading push to revise CPT code for interventional echocardiography

The pressure is on for ASE and other societies to create a new CPT code for the use of interventional echocardiography during structural heart procedures.

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Cardiology leader, a ’40 under 40’ winner, arrested for leaving baby on beach

Both parents were arrested for neglect and then released the next day after posting a $1,000 bond. The child was unharmed.

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Beyond just nodules—model uses all low-dose CT data to make long-term lung cancer risk predictions

New findings published in RSNA's Radiology highlight the shortcomings of using nodule characteristics and patient history alone to predict an individual’s true cancer risk.