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.

Pentagon ends healthcare for transgender service members
The new policy includes hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries. The news comes from an internal memo obtained by Reuters, which links it to a broader plan to remove troops with gender dysphoria from the military by June 6.
Judge halts some ‘dramatic restructuring’ at HHS as legal challenges pile up
A federal judge has issued a two-week halt to further staffing and funding cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, agreeing that plaintiffs representing unions and municipalities may be correct in claiming the sweeping shifts by President Donald Trump's administration are unlawful.
Trump issues sweeping executive order to reduce drug prices
The “most favored nation” policy would reduce the cost of domestic pharmaceuticals to the levels paid in Europe. The executive order also has a sister bill proposed for Congress that would solidify the rule into law.
ASNC, ACC ask US government not to tariff radiopharmaceuticals
The two groups stressed that tariffs would likely impact patient care.
RadNet records rare decrease in imaging procedural volumes
This marks the first time since the pandemic of 2020 that RadNet has seen a same-center decrease in imaging use.

Edwards Lifesciences, Abbott agree to end patent dispute

In a statement announcing the news, Edwards said it “considers this agreement a positive development."

Experts cast further doubts on COVID chest CT: ‘Not much of a diagnostic role for it’

Chinese researchers detailed these latest reservations in a new retrospective study, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

HHS allocates over $4B in relief to hospitals hit hard by the pandemic

One billion of the total will go toward specialty rural hospitals, urban hospitals with certain rural Medicare designations and providers in small metropolitan areas, the administration announced recently.

Healthcare thought leaders fear lengthy ripple effects from COVID

Supply is suffering as hospitals continue to cope with COVID above all else. Demand is down due to patients’ reticence to risk nonemergency care. And the unease isn’t just about economics.

FDA set to resume regular imaging site inspections beginning July 20

“In order to move to the next phase, we must see downward trends in new cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations in a given area,” advised Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD.

Mednax names new CEO amid plans to exit radiology

The Florida-based physician firm has selected Mark Ordan—who previously led publicly traded long-term care real estate firm Quality Care Properties—as its new chief executive.

3 strategic tips for radiology practices to emerge stronger from the pandemic

One Seattle physician believes providers that prioritize strategic opportunities over operational challenges will be better positioned in the post-COVID future.

'Huge improvement': Redesigned cochlear implant allows safe, comfortable MRI in children

The revamped device also required patients to receive less sedation or anesthesia for their exam, according to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital researchers.

Management

Pentagon ends healthcare for transgender service members

Judge halts some ‘dramatic restructuring’ at HHS as legal challenges pile up

Trump issues sweeping executive order to reduce drug prices

ASNC, ACC ask US government not to tariff radiopharmaceuticals

RadNet records rare decrease in imaging procedural volumes