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.

Emergency abdominal CT scans decrease markedly during the pandemic, while prognoses worsen

The results, noted researchers with the universities of Toronto and Ottawa, could have important implications for future COVID-19 outbreaks.

Radiology firm Alliance Healthcare Services could fetch upward of $400M in potential sale

The California-based company provides a range of services that include imaging joint ventures, help with center acquisitions, and outsourced radiology assistance for hospitals.

Insurer wants radiology practice’s class-action suit tossed: ‘COVID-19 damages lungs, not property’

It was back in April that Alliance Radiology first sued Continental Casualty Co., claiming it had lost business as leaders looked to comply with state orders.

Almost half of physicians believe the COVID crisis won’t cool off until June 2021

That’s according to the latest every-other-year survey out of the Physicians Foundation, released Tuesday.

Will the COVID crisis rouse health execs from pop-health procrastination?

Nearly 95% of around 500 healthcare executives working for provider organizations believe concentrating on population health is key to ensuring long-term success. But only a small slice of them have been turning intentions into actions.

LucidHealth selected as Iowa hospital system’s new radiology services provider after bidding process

MercyOne will utilize the Columbus, Ohio-based imaging company in its Northeast service area that includes two acute care hospitals and 40 clinics.

Physicians are using medical imaging as a defense against malpractice claims, study finds

Experts from Emory University discovered a correlation after studying national Medicare imaging trends over a 12-year period and lining them up against lawsuit payouts.

Pandemic perspectives: 3 affected generations, 1 stark conclusion

Millennials, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers fall fairly close to one another in how they view several aspects of life with COVID. One in which the divide is wide: the desire for a “digital detox.”

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