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.

US Radiology Specialists faces upside and execution risk in debt-fueled expansion plans: Moody’s

USRS benefits from market concentration and business diversity, but also high leverage and modest scale, the investor service noted.

Prominent imaging groups push for first radiology-specific artificial intelligence CPT code

The Category 3 code proposal would cover AI analysis for the detection of vertebral fractures and could take effect as soon as Jan. 1, 2022.

Hyperfine secures $90M to ‘aggressively’ advance commercial expansion, fast-track AI developments

A number of investors pitched in during this series D financing round, including GV (formerly Google Ventures), Nextrans and Axiom Associates, the Guilford, Connecticut, startup said recently.

6 steps major new coalition will pursue to grow Obamacare, reach for universal healthcare

A new alliance of powerful associations representing providers, payers, hospitals and employers has formed to push U.S. healthcare toward universal coverage.

Nanox Imaging sees stock rebound sharply following sell-off, fueled by positive FDA clearance news

The Israel-based startup had announced late Monday that its stockowners were unloading nearly 2.9 million shares, dragging the price downward.

Technologist sues radiology practice, questioning details of its $164M employee stock ownership plan

Robert Harrison and his attorneys claim employees overpaid in the deal and are seeking a jury trial to settle the legal dispute.

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography shares new CCTA guidance

The guidance, published in full in the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, includes updates to previous CCTA recommendations and was designed to answer common questions.

Reddit presents ‘high-yield’ opportunity for radiologists to engage with peers and patients

Popular topics on the online forum include case presentations, humor, and imaging appropriateness, NYU Langone experts wrote recently.

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