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.

Vendors hyping AI vs. COVID, but keep eyes open for real results

Sometimes there’s real progress behind the slick pitch.

AI expert builds COVID-19 prediction model for smaller cities

With so many eyes fixed on New York City as the “epicenter” of the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., it might go unnoticed at the national level that nearly 60,000 infections could be recorded some 150 miles to the north by June 8.

How radiology practices can prepare for the ‘surge’ once routine cancer screenings resume

Experts with the University of Michigan and RSNA recently explored such preparations in a new editorial, published in Radiology: Imaging Cancer.

Radiologist imprisoned for opioid scheme may get early release due to pandemic

Former UPMC doc Omar Almusa was convicted of the scheme in 2018 and sentenced to two years in prison, but wants out since he has Crohn's disease.

IBM formally partnering with expanding healthcare AI company

An AI-championing health-tech company whose name sounds like that of a consumer group has announced a formal partnership with the Big Tech corporation behind the AI-pioneering Watson technology.

US Imaging experts cast further doubts about CT’s place in radiologists’ COVID diagnosis toolkit

A group of a 11 U.S. imaging experts are the latest to join this group, publishing their reservations in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

More radiology providers trying coronavirus-only imaging centers to help maintain patient volumes

Penn State Health is one of the latest to continue this trend, opening a COVID-dedicated Radiology Annex at its Hershey Medical Center.

AI ‘smart agents’ underutilized in fight against healthcare fraud

Stopping scams before they’re perpetrated, cutting illicit payments and reducing hours spent by staff on such cases are three of the top benefits administrators believe artificial intelligence could deliver to their operations.

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