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.

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.
Cyberattack of radiology group exposes private info of over 150,000 patients
The information exposed during the attack contained names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, dates of medical service and service charges.
Caremark dealt a $95 million blow for violating the False Claims Act
In a decision issued Wednesday, a judge ruled that Caremark had persuaded insurers to intentionally mislead the government regarding prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.

Protective barriers thought to be safe may place providers in greater danger, FDA warns

It was back in May that the FDA first gave its emergency OK for the use of these transparent devices, designed to cover a patient’s head and upper body to prevent the spread of germs during procedures.

Radiologic technologist utilizes painting skills to illustrate frontline workers battling the pandemic

“They were fighting to do the job well, even though the conditions had become rough,” Lizzy Rainey, with Franciscan Health in Lafayette, Indiana, said Friday.

How deeply involved should physicians be in America’s social struggles?

Stepping into the fray on broad societal issues “takes physicians into realms where they have no expertise—and thus risks eroding public trust in the medical profession,” a distinguished physician suggests.

Less than half of radiologists review images ahead of multidisciplinary tumor board meetings

Barriers such as time and a lack of education credits are keeping imaging physicians from getting the full benefit of these meetings, experts reported in European Radiology.

Death of healthcare worker with mysterious altered mental status highlights imaging’s COVID-19 role

Radiology experts recently detailed the case of a 50-year-old male admitted to an ED with unexplained CNS disfunction and cerebral edema.

Analysis: $1.4B could have gone to better uses than discarded Medicare drugs

The authors suggest requiring drugmakers, hospitals and doctors to refund CMS and/or making pharma companies right-size drug containers.

Radiologists, healthcare workers are sick of praise, they’re looking for more pay

One imaging physician with the National Health Service said the speciality comes into contact with all COVID-19 patients and that the government has forgotten about workers such as herself.

Skyrocketing use of emergency brain imaging is out of step with overall ED trends

The findings raise questions about imaging overutilization, Emory University radiology experts wrote in JACR.

Management

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

Cyberattack of radiology group exposes private info of over 150,000 patients

Caremark dealt a $95 million blow for violating the False Claims Act