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).

A novel, cost-effective way to deliver care: Treat high blood pressure at Black-owned barbershops

Hypertension rates are higher among Black men than any other racial or ethnic group in the entire country.

Siemens Healthineers finalizes $16.4B acquisition of Varian Medical Systems

After closing the deal Thursday, the Germany-based manufacturer now offers the full gamut of cancer care services, ranging from imaging to radiation therapy.

1 new platform, 2 new companies sprout in Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic has established a new AI-enabled tech platform and spawned two companies to leverage the might of its Big Data inputs.

The COVID ‘black swan event’ and what radiology can learn from Time magazine’s pandemic pivot

Coronavirus was a "punch in the mouth" for the noted publication, but it has also offered lessons that apply in imaging, Time President Keith Grossman wrote in JACR.

Congress members want screws tightened on radiology providers who ignore price transparency rule

The legislation requires hospitals to provide upfront pricing for certain “shoppable” services, including 13 specified imaging exams.

Lawsuits challenge UnitedHealth’s $13B deal with Change Healthcare, while shareholders give OK

Those filing suit claim the radiology vendor has made misleading or incomplete statements about the merger, which Change denies.

Radiology provider stands up to Cigna in lawsuit over $400K in denied COVID-19 services

Rochelle Park, New Jersey-based Open MRI and Imaging said it was within its rights to take legal action against the insurer and urged a federal judge not to dismiss its claims.

Congress averts Medicare cuts set to hit radiologists, sending final bill to president

The U.S. House finalized legislation in a 384-38 vote, drawing praise from the American Medical Association and other provider groups.

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