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.

Senator introduces bill to boost radiologist pay in Medicare program
The lawmaker is proposing the ‘‘Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025," mirroring Rep. Murphy's House bill.
Hundreds of radiologists hit Capitol Hill to fight for Medicare reform
Over 450 lab-coat clad “radvocates” took part in the annual Capitol Hill Day, which included 250 meetings held in congressional offices, ACR said May 7.
Covera Health to vet prostate MRI providers for ‘Radiology Centers of Excellence’
The startup has partnered with employers such as Walmart, providers and health plans (including BCBS Michigan) to steer patients to top imaging centers.
Enterprise imaging vendor Enlitic inks data migration deal worth up to $32M
The company has signed a "memo of understanding" with GE HealthCare, helping it to build a new cloud-based product suite.
Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more
The FDA is getting AI-aggressive about speeding up device reviews. Its plan is to unleash generative AI on tedious and repetitive tasks.

Radiology provider Mednax unloads troubled anesthesiology division for $50M in cash, plus other considerations

The Florida physician services firm said the deal will allow it to focus on core specialties in imaging, pediatrics and obstetrics.

ACR issues 7-step plan to get radiology practices back to business

More than a dozen doctors from all corners of the country contributed to the document, which represents the official position of the American College of Radiology.

4 steps radiology providers can take to return from ‘COVID-19 induced imaging austerity’

Two radiology experts offered tips for any practice to begin these preparations, publishing their thoughts in JACR.

Hospital federation: Many hospitals now ‘teeter on the brink of financial collapse’

Plummeting healthcare spending due to COVID-19 had much to do with the U.S. gross domestic product falling 4.8% the first quarter of this year—and April’s report may bring no relief.

Physicians pushing back after CMS suspends program to ease docs’ cash flow concerns

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had approved more than 24,000 such loans totaling some $40 billion to providers under the Advance Payment Program.

RSNA still planning annual meeting in December, with 11,000 submissions already received

The 106th iteration of the meeting will kick off on Nov. 29 at the McCormick Place Convention Center, which is currently being operated as a 1,000-bed temporary hospital.

Agfa-Gevaert completes healthcare IT sale to Dedalus for $1.07B

Dedalus Group chairman Giorgio Moretti expresses pride over the deal going through despite the challenges COVID-19 has posed to Italy’s healthcare system and economy.

Google’s healthcare API has its ‘first and only’ supplier of MFT software

Coviant Software is announcing it has become the first and only supplier of managed file transfer (MFT) software to fully support Google Cloud’s newly opened healthcare API for data exchange.

Management

Senator introduces bill to boost radiologist pay in Medicare program

Hundreds of radiologists hit Capitol Hill to fight for Medicare reform

Covera Health to vet prostate MRI providers for ‘Radiology Centers of Excellence’

Enterprise imaging vendor Enlitic inks data migration deal worth up to $32M

Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more