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.

Longtime Mississippi radiologist, health board leader and ACR honorary fellow dies from COVID-19

Ed Dalton Barham, MD, spent 35 years at Merit Health Woman’s Hospital in Flowood, serving as CMO and board chairman at the time of his death.

Two more big-name players in radiology services reportedly exploring sales

On the heels of Mednax selling its imaging business line to Rad Partners, SimonMed and LucidHealth are also allegedly entertaining offers, according to a recently published report.

Only 1 healthcare-specific AI startup makes a Forbes top 25

After perusing info on AI startups as compiled by Crunchbase, Forbes senior contributor Louis Columbus has named one “to watch” in 2021 that serves exclusively healthcare.

Controversial radiologist and former White House COVID-19 advisor Scott Atlas deletes Twitter account

He told reporters that the platform’s decision to purge some 70K users after Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill influenced his thinking.

ACR condemns Capitol Hill attack: ‘Mob violence can have no place in American politics or society’

The American College of Radiology said it stands with individuals of "all political affiliations" in condemning last week's attack that left five people dead.

FDA refines its approach to AI-based software

The FDA’s new Digital Health Center of Excellence has released a document describing how it will henceforth oversee and evaluate software that incorporates AI and machine learning for medical applications.

As radiology practices emerged from COVID-19 lockdowns, healthcare’s most vulnerable were left behind

A study undertaken in the Boston area found that shutdowns exacerbated longstanding inequalities in the use of diagnostic imaging exams, researchers reported in JACR.

ACR concerned new rule would set the stage for ‘highly controversial new national practice standards’

The American College of Radiology is worried the nation's largest integrated delivery system is drifting away from physician-led care teams.

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