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.

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CMS allowing independent freestanding EDs to deliver imaging to Medicare, Medicaid beneficiaries

These emergency providers offer a range of services, including x-ray, CT and ultrasound, but current regulations do not allow them to bill public payers. 

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Mobile CT scanners for COVID-19 assessment get closer look from radiology researchers

Michigan Medicine's Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care is currently investigating such imaging tools, along with several others.

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$480B in new pandemic relief appears imminent for hospitals, small businesses

Pending votes on Capitol Hill, hospitals are soon to receive relief from pandemic economics in the form of a $480 billion-plus aid package agreed upon by Congressional leaders and the White House late Tuesday afternoon.

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5 tips for keeping radiologic technologists safe on the job during the pandemic

A team of imaging experts from the epicenter of the outbreak detailed their systematic strategy in European Radiology. 

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Rural hospitals closing as pandemic crisis continues

If three or more significant and similar occurrences signify a trend, the U.S. hospitals that have closed in the heat of the COVID-19 crisis—mostly rural institutions—may be harbingers of things to come.

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Siemens donates $1.5M to US health centers in areas hit hardest by COVID-19

Such centers are the country’s largest providers of primary care and often cater to underserved patient populations and individuals without health insurance, the company noted. 

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COVID-19 pandemic hampers Q1 financial results for imaging giant Philips

The Amsterdam-based corporation, however, has seen a slight uptick in orders for imaging systems during the coronavirus crisis. 

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Handing women 75 and up mammography ‘decision aid’ results in fewer breast imaging exams

That’s according to the results of a recent investigation, highlighted Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.