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.

Ambra Health announces new radiology and informatics podcast series

New episodes of "DICOM Dialogues" will be released each month and run 20 minutes, featuring expert discussions on everything from artificial intelligence to increasing diversity in radiology departments.

Casana raises $14M to bring toilet seat-based heart monitoring system to market

Casana, formerly known as Heart Health Intelligence, also named a new CEO.

Radiology department partners with Aetna to expedite prior authorization requests

University of Virginia Health did so by deploying a clinical decision support system to guide ordering providers, according to a study in JACR.

CT-equipped, teleradiology-backed mobile stroke units bolster outcomes over traditional ambulances

That's according to a new prospective, nonrandomized, controlled intervention study, published in JAMA.

Humana to begin offering hospital-level care at home, including imaging services

The Louisville, Kentucky-based commercial insurer is teaming with home care provider DispatchHealth to make the offering happen.

Imaging no-show rates surged 55% after social distancing policies were put in place

That’s alongside a roughly 85% drop in total outpatient imaging volume during the same timeframe at Mount Sinai Health System, according to a new study.

Nanox sees stock slide as FDA pushes back timeline for its novel imaging system

The Israel-based firm had planned to ship its first 1,000 Nanox.ARCs in late 2021, but will now do so in the first quarter of 2022.

Despite 43% rise in submissions during COVID-19, top radiology journal received fewer female-led manuscripts

Experts called for institutional policy changes to ensure these gender disparities don't have a long-term impact on the field.

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