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).

RadNet logs ‘record’ fourth quarter, buoyed by 3D mammo expansion, improved reimbursement

The Los Angeles-based operator has revised its investor guidance for 2021 to account for the rosier picture amid lifting COVID restrictions.

COVID crisis burnishes AI’s promise while magnifying chinks in its armor

The COVID crisis has spurred clinical researchers to look myriad ways AI might help win the war against the virus. Has the investigatory boomlet ended up raising as many nettlesome concerns as positive possibilities?

91% of consumer medical imaging tweets are negative, with most related to costs

Researchers hope their findings can motivate radiologists to consider costs from the patient's point of view, they explained Monday.

Google search trends help predict imaging demand among Medicare beneficiaries

Others have used the tech giant’s index of popular search terms to forecast everything from the stock market to disease outbreaks.

Telehealth claims surged in 2020

Telehealth claim lines rose 2,817% from December 2019 to December 2020, according to a new report that revealed how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how healthcare is delivered and consumed.

Radiologist accused of misreading MRI—resulting in $18M settlement—says he met standard of care

Travis Clark, MD, and Seattle Radiologists described the patient's injuries as “unfortunate," but testimony from three imaging experts backed the accused clinician’s claims, attorneys said.

AI imaging interpreter gains FDA’s OK for prostate care

The FDA has cleared an AI tool that helps radiologists diagnose or rule out prostate cancer on MRI scans.

venture capital corporate suit business corporatization

Weighing whether to work for a venture capital-backed radiology practice

Corporate employment can offer physicians or doc groups benefits such as eliminating administrative and back-office concerns, but also headaches.

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