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).

Heart failure deaths are rising in the US, especially in states that reject Medicaid expansion

Researchers examined heart failure mortality from 1999 to 2017, detailing some of the many trends they uncovered in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Health policy experts offer 3 fixes for Medicare’s ‘dysfunctional’ advanced-imaging payment system

CMS should coordinate rate-setting between OPPS and the physician fee schedule, and consider implementing prior authorization, Brookings experts argued.

‘Imperative’ that providers consider cancer survivors for low-dose CT screening, radiologists charge

The number of such survivors has swelled in recent years amid improvements in diagnosis and treatment, experts wrote in JACR.

6 tips for radiologist-owned practices to step-up their customer service in the value-based era

Private equity acquisitions and consolidation are making it difficult for such practices to compete, but going above and beyond for patients and referrers can bring a strategic advantage.

Digital health startup with eye on reversing diabetes raises $133M, receives $2B valuation

The company is expected to use this new investment to push its efforts into the mainstream, ramping up growth and product development while working with more clients.

Bill would bolster coverage of interventional radiology services to help Americans avoid amputations

Lawmakers recently introduced the Amputation Reduction and Compassion Act in the House, with bipartisan backing and support from the Society of Interventional Radiology.

CEO pay fell slightly in 2020. See which healthcare CEOs are top earners

Healthcare CEOs saw their median pay dip slightly in 2020, but many healthcare top executives are among the highest earners, according to a new report from Equilar ranking the 100 highest paid CEOs last year.

Cardiologists join fight for better MIPS transparency

The American College of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions joined dozens of other U.S. healthcare groups to request more clarity and better communication from CMS when it comes to MIPS updates.

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