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.

Female heart surgeons take home much lower salaries
Both base salaries and total compensation are consistently lower for women than men, according to new survey data. The disparities in cardiac surgery are often worse than those found in other healthcare specialties.
Supreme Court upholds ACA’s preventive care mandate
Radiologist and cancer care advocacy groups commended the court’s 6-3 ruling in favor of HHS on Friday.
FDA issues recall on Philips spectral CT systems
A software issue could lead to the affected devices inadvertently moving, potentially making unintentional contact with patients or other equipment, according to the FDA.
El Paso’s Desert Imaging acquired by private equity-backed radiology company
Panos Partners-backed Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Texas now offers radiology services at 23 locations in five markets following the deal.
Entire department of interventional radiologists resigns over failed negotiations
The negotiations pertain to disagreements on compensation and concerns over outdated equipment used during IR procedures.

Playing the percentages on face masks: 5 points to ponder

Around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, words have occasionally led to blows over people in public not wearing face masks. Then too, fisticuffs have erupted over people in public wearing face masks.

Radiologists’ 4 key ingredients to expedite innovation via collaborative interdepartmental teams

Self-interest, turf wars and unfamiliarity between departments can all derail these partnerships, according to a new analysis in Clinical Imaging.

50% of radiology practices plan to reduce staffing if ‘catastrophic’ Medicare cuts move forward in 2021

Another 82% said they expect reimbursement reductions will result in decreased imaging access for patients, according to a new survey.

ACR ‘alarmed’ by number of small practices included in CMS’ new mandatory payment model

College chief William Thorwarth Jr., MD, voiced his concerns in a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

American College of Radiology updates imaging appropriateness criteria with 6 new topics

The latest release covers clinical scenarios such as imaging of mediastinal masses and screening for fetal anomalies during the second and third trimester.

COVID-19 only amplifying Dr. Mom’s ‘triple whammy’ of challenges. How radiology can respond.

Obstacles include structural discrimination, rigid work expectations and a high debt load following medical school, experts wrote in JACR.

Surgery chain opens freestanding imaging center as safer alternative to hospital-based radiology referrals

Medarva Healthcare also highlighted its newfound ability to “create a comprehensive continuum of outpatient care without the inconvenience—and cost—of a trip to the hospital."

Low-income Americans open to overdue long-term care, as long as it’s paid for

Middle-aged individuals of modest means widely availed themselves of formal long-term care after Obamacare funded the expansion of Medicaid in participating states.

Management

Female heart surgeons take home much lower salaries

Supreme Court upholds ACA’s preventive care mandate

FDA issues recall on Philips spectral CT systems

El Paso’s Desert Imaging acquired by private equity-backed radiology company

Entire department of interventional radiologists resigns over failed negotiations