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.

CDC vaccine committee issues new guidance for COVID-19 shots
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that all Americans six months and older consult a clinician before deciding to get a COVID vaccine, ending the pandemic-era policy that broadly encouraged getting the inoculation.
Hundreds of radiation therapy systems subject to FDA recall
A Class 2 recall has been issued for the systems due to a software glitch that could impact treatment accuracy.
Healthcare AI today: Inflationary AI, China’s AI vs. ours, Joint Commission AI guidance, more
Picture yourself interacting with an AI model that can tell you when you might develop any of 1,000 disease conditions over the coming 10+ years. OK, now see yourself finding out such a model is already here.
Radiology advocates say ‘excessive’ cut to Medicare practice-expense pay could imperil independent docs
CMS is trying to even out pay gaps between hospital and office-based physicians, but rad groups said the move lacks supporting data and could adversely impact interventinoal specialists.
Radiologists 2nd among specialties with highest on-call pay
Members of the specialty collect an average of about $1,845 in per-day call pay, behind only neurosurgeons ($2,045) and ahead of pathologists ($1,700).

Top CDC leader to step down

The principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping down from her role, marking the second high-profile departure from the agency in the span of a month.

Majority of patients receive unnecessary imaging and other tests before low-risk surgeries

Such low-value testing can include chest X-rays or ultrasound of the heart that add extra costs for the patient without improving outcomes, Michigan Medicine experts wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.

21% of radiologists say fear of being sued is their top work-related challenge

Despite this, 93% of rads surveyed would choose to re-enter the specialty if they were given the option.

46% of radiologists lost income in 2020, with some worried pay may never return to pre-COVID levels

The majority of self-employed physicians in imaging (51%) said they believe that 1%-25% of the drop in patient volume during the pandemic is permanent, according to new survey data.

RSNA affirms commitment to in-person meeting in 2021: ‘Ready to get back to Chicago’

The announcement comes the same day HIMSS said it will require attendees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 if they want to attend its Las Vegas conference in August.

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Radiology groups bristle at notion that providers cannot safely perform PET imaging in office setting

Imaging advocates want Medicare payment codes to reflect cost differences for performing varying types of exams, such as PET with and without CT.

Newly launched Radiology Health Equity Coalition highlights specialty’s central role in addressing disparities

ACR President Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, introduced the group during her presidential address.

RSNA names coalition member; ACR appoints new leader and more radiology executive news

Plus, awards from the American College of Radiology's Annual Meeting and TeraRecon welcomes its new chief technology officer.

Management

CDC vaccine committee issues new guidance for COVID-19 shots

Hundreds of radiation therapy systems subject to FDA recall

Healthcare AI today: Inflationary AI, China’s AI vs. ours, Joint Commission AI guidance, more

Radiology advocates say ‘excessive’ cut to Medicare practice-expense pay could imperil independent docs

Radiologists 2nd among specialties with highest on-call pay