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.

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).
GE HealthCare mulls multibillion-dollar sale of China business line: Report
The Chicago-based imaging giant has consulted with advisors about options to unload the division,
Bloomberg first reported Thursday.

Walmart may be scaling back ambitious plans to expand into imaging and other healthcare services

The Arkansas-based retail giant had hoped to open 4,000 clinics by 2029, offering x-rays and diagnostics, but appears to be pumping the brakes.

Cigna reverses course, expands hospital-based imaging access to pediatric patients

The American College of Radiology and Society of Pediatric Radiology both said the move will have a positive impact on the quality and safety of care.

From volume ups and downs to site-neutral payment, 2021’s top 11 radiology trends to watch

Alliance Healthcare Radiology recently detailed its biggest developments to follow in the specialty, covering mobile imaging, partnerships, AI and workplace culture.

Most routine imaging should be scheduled 6 weeks after 2nd vaccine dose, major cancer centers say

A multidisciplinary team of more than a dozen experts across three “leading” tertiary care centers shared their guidance in RSNA's Radiology.

Radiology groups part of 1M provider coalition urging Congress to quash future Medicare pay cuts

The ACR and numerous others want lawmakers to stop using budget neutrality to enact “arbitrary reductions to reimbursement unrelated to the cost of providing care.”

Working group debuts standard for AI in healthcare trustworthiness

Several issues with AI can “make people suspicious” of the technology when applied to healthcare, according to the Consumer Technology Association.

American Board of Radiology says ‘persistent barriers’ preventing it from reducing user fees

The doc-certification group recently switched to a virtual exam business model and anticipated the change would help reduce costs.

Radiology practice helps administer COVID-19 vaccinations using its mobile mammography units

Desert Imaging plans to partner with El Paso County to transport doses of the lifesaving drug to vulnerable members of the community.

Management

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

GE HealthCare mulls multibillion-dollar sale of China business line: Report