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.

Initial House budget proposal includes radiologist Medicare pay hike
For 2026, the update would be 75% of the Medicare Economic Index and 10% every year from 2027 onward.
Pharmaceutical company to launch imaging center chain focused on Alzheimer’s disease
Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans to deploy the compact PET imaging system from Swiss firm Positrigo, cleared by the U.S. FDA last year.
Rite Aid closing distribution center and 68 stores
A week after filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the liquidation of Rite Aid's remaining assets has begun.
Amazon One Medical employees viewed health data of man in wrongful death case
One Medical, a chain of primary care clinics owned by Amazon, is being sued by the family of a man who died due to alleged provider negligence. Now, court filings reveal staff improperly accessed the deceased man's protected medical records.
Respected radiologist under investigation for rampant sexual misconduct
Investigators say the doctor “committed sexual acts with almost all the women who entered his office alone."

Surgeon takes second stab at suing hospital for forced in-network radiology referrals

Fired Florida orthopedic surgeon Ayman Daouk, MD, claims Orlando Health violated the Stark Law in attempting to influence his actions.

COVID-19 coronavirus burnout depression pandemic

Radiologists battling insomnia, depression and anxiety amid pandemic, but a few factors appear protective

Physicians working in private practice were “significantly” more likely to experience such psychological challenges, experts reported recently.

$25M more going to rural health orgs fighting the opioid crisis

HHS has awarded $25 million to 80 organizations that are battling the opioid epidemic in rural communities by providing prevention, treatment and recovery services.

Accreditors suspend hospital’s mammography services over ‘serious image quality deficiencies’

It was back in April that the American College of Radiology alerted the FDA of concerns found at St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, Louisiana.

Radiology practice must pay $5M after delivering contrast imaging without doc supervision

Whistleblower and former employee Syd Ackerman first surfaced the allegations and stands to collect $925,000 of the payout.

Lawmaker ‘deeply concerned’ over $250M HHS contract for coronavirus-related PR work

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., worries the agency is using taxpayer funds to fuel the commander-in-chief’s bid for a second term.

Here comes ‘the most important flu shot of the century’

Want to help the world win the war on COVID? Get a flu shot and encourage everyone within your sphere of influence to do the same.

5 ways radiology can assume role of ‘value creator,’ rather than resource drain

The specialty must emphasize its myriad contributions to the care team to avoid this mischaracterization, experts wrote in JAMA.

Management

Initial House budget proposal includes radiologist Medicare pay hike

Pharmaceutical company to launch imaging center chain focused on Alzheimer’s disease

Rite Aid closing distribution center and 68 stores

Amazon One Medical employees viewed health data of man in wrongful death case

Respected radiologist under investigation for rampant sexual misconduct