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.

Outgoing SCAI president reflects on a busy year full of partnerships and advocacy
SCAI President Srihari S. Naidu, MD, a veteran interventional cardiologist, made a major impact on the group—and cardiology as a whole—over the last 12 months.
Heartflow sues cardiology AI rival Cleerly over alleged patent infringement
According to Heartflow, Cleerly's actions represent “one of the most egregious examples of piracy in the medical technology industry.” Cleerly commented on the lawsuit, defending the value and integrity of its products.
Imaging AI vendor Heartflow sues competitor over alleged patent infringement
The Mountain View, California-based company—which creates personalized models of the heart from CT scans—is taking rival Cleerly to court.
Supporters vs. denouncers of the White House’s proposed 2027 budget: Voices heard in or near healthcare circles
If the budget makes it through Congress intact as submitted—a big if even with the president’s party in the majority in both chambers—healthcare is in for some strict belt-tightening.
Rural hospital CEO talks Medicaid cuts, staffing challenges and the joys of community healthcare delivery
An exclusive interview with Scott Steiner, CEO of Phoebe Putney—a nonprofit health system that serves Southwest Georgia.

Radiology vendor Agfa to eliminate 145 positions amid continued declines in film business

The move is part of over $29 million (USD) in cost reductions, revealed last month during the Belgium-based company's quarterly earnings announcement.

Community Health Systems sells ambulatory diagnostics segment to Labcorp for $194M

The all-cash deal is expected to be finalized in April 2026. With this divestment of its ambulatory labs, Tennessee-based Community Health Systems said it will be better able to focus on its core patient care business.

Plan to extend ACA tax credits finds bipartisan support in the House

The new proposal to extend expanded subsidies for health plans sold through the Affordable Care Act is being backed by 35 Republicans and Democrats—but as the New York Times points out, it will be hard for the bill to get a floor vote.

The future of MRI is helium-free

The healthcare industry accounts for close to 30% of global helium consumption, with MRI equipment needs accounting for a significant portion of that figure.

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FDA clears new left-heart access system from Atraverse Medical

The Hotwire Transseptal Access System includes the Hotwire RF Generator and Hotwire RF Guidewire, giving electrophysiologists the tools they need for left-heart access.

Accessibility emerged as a prominent theme during RSNA 2025

Remote scanning, mobile operations and telehealth logistics were among some of the week’s most talked about topics.

$V-Wave has gained considerable attention or its Ventura Interatrial Shunt System, a small implantable device designed to reduce pressure on the left atrium and the lungs in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The Ventura device includes a nitinol hourglass-shaped frame that anchors to the patient’s fossa ovalis in a way that prevents migration or embolization. It is implanted via an interventional procedure with fluoroscopy and echocardiography guidance.$

FDA panel votes against approving first-of-its-kind heart failure device

All 15 members of the FDA's Circulatory System Devices Panel agreed that more data is required to confirm the new device from Johnson & Johnson MedTech is effective. Will the agency agree with these recommendations? Only time will tell.

Drug discounts for safety-net hospitals up in the air and into the courts

HHS’s 340B drug discount program is set to shift to a rebate model on New Year’s Day. But a lawsuit and temporary restraining order filed by the AHA and others may block the change from going live on time.

Management

Outgoing SCAI president reflects on a busy year full of partnerships and advocacy

Heartflow sues cardiology AI rival Cleerly over alleged patent infringement

Imaging AI vendor Heartflow sues competitor over alleged patent infringement

Supporters vs. denouncers of the White House’s proposed 2027 budget: Voices heard in or near healthcare circles

Rural hospital CEO talks Medicaid cuts, staffing challenges and the joys of community healthcare delivery