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.

Radiologists will pay $810,000 to settle allegations they performed hundreds of unnecessary procedures
Oscar Sosa, MD, and Osmany DeAngelo, DO, vehemently deny the allegations but chose to settle to avoid costly and protracted litigation.
Richard Duszak, MD, stepping down as University of Mississippi radiology chair
Robert W. Morris, MD, MBA, will take over the title beginning on Jan. 1, having served on the UMMC faculty since 2016.
When healthcare AI meets the medical humanities
A primary aim of medical humanities as a field today is teaching medical students how to harmonize technological innovations with care models such that patients are treated as whole persons: They have not just bodies but also minds, relationships—and lives.
Major association of physicians presents itself as a go-to alternative vs. the government on vaccine expertise
One of the most formidable societies of medical professionals in the U.S. is going toe-to-toe with Robert F. Kennedy’s HHS over changing vaccination recommendations.
AMA leader outlines major threats facing U.S. healthcare: Payment cuts, AI denials, immigration bottlenecks and corporate takeovers
American Medical Association Board Trustee Scott Ferguson, MD, FACR, a diagnostic radiologist, explains the urgent need for Medicare payment reform, concerns about Trump administration public health policy, insurance prior authorization, medical student immigration and the rapid growth of private equity ownership of physicians.

Society of Interventional Radiology publishes new IVC filter guidelines

SIR said that this is its first official clinical practice guidelines, developed using best practice methodologies from the National Academy of Medicine.

Radiology Partners to acquire Mednax Radiology Solutions for $885M

When the transaction is complete, Rad Partners will add 800 additional physicians to its already sizable total of 1,600, the companies announced.

Alleged Stark violations, kickbacks to cost hospital $50M

A 223-bed acute care institution with a medical staff of nearly 300 physicians has agreed to pay $50 million over allegations it deliberately submitted ineligible claims to Medicare and profited handsomely by these actions.

75% of multiple sclerosis patients experiencing ‘financial toxicity,’ radiology experts warn

Researchers with Emory University and the Harvey L Neiman Health Policy Institute polled hundreds of patients to reach their conclusions.

Nanox inks deal worth at least $119M to distribute novel imaging systems in Mexico

The Israel-based startup is partnering with distributor SPI Medical to deploy 630 of its Nanox.ARC scanners south of the border, officials announced recently.

Using AI to predict MRI no-shows is saving one radiology department nearly $180,000 per year

Actions taken at Changi General Hospital in Singapore led to a 17.2% improvement from the institution’s baseline missed appointment rate.

Interventional radiology’s $68.4B inpatient footprint underscores ‘bedrock’ role in chasing the Triple Aim

IR docs treat about 1 in every 10 U.S. inpatients and with a sicker population sample, account for nearly one-fifth of all healthcare costs, according to a new analysis.

4 hurdles thwarting AI from conquering clinical practice

AI will not earn a place in the daily practice of medicine until its developers definitively answer some pressing questions on fitness and appropriateness.

Management

Radiologists will pay $810,000 to settle allegations they performed hundreds of unnecessary procedures

Richard Duszak, MD, stepping down as University of Mississippi radiology chair

When healthcare AI meets the medical humanities

Major association of physicians presents itself as a go-to alternative vs. the government on vaccine expertise

AMA leader outlines major threats facing U.S. healthcare: Payment cuts, AI denials, immigration bottlenecks and corporate takeovers