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.

Radiologists call for ‘urgent’ update to payer policy they say is based on bogus info
The Society of Interventional Radiology and five additional doc groups recently voiced their displeasure in a letter to Elevance Health.
Administration lifts pause on visa processing, prioritizing foreign-born radiologists and other docs
“IMGs play an essential role in filling workforce shortages in areas and specialties that struggle to recruit and retain physicians,” ACR said Wednesday.
FDA announces recall of device used in interventional procedures after 3 injuries
The action applies to Cook Medical’s Beacon Tip Catheters, used for angiographic procedures, with concerns the tip can fragment in the patient, causing potential harm.
Medicaid and SNAP cuts could lead to 1.2M lost jobs by 2029, report finds
The healthcare sector will suffer the most if the federal Medicaid cuts proposed in Congress are enacted, the Commonwealth Fund said. According to the group’s analysis, hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics could be forced to shut their doors.
All 50 states agree to $7.4B opioid crisis settlement
The legal case brought by all 50 states, Washington D.C., and multiple U.S. territories against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has come to an end, with settlement funds set to be used for addiction recovery.

VA allocates $100M for Philips eICU offerings

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be spending as much as $100 million over the next 10 years on Philips tele-critical care products.

Philips inks $100M contract with VA, GE’s AI deal, plus more radiology vendor news

Also, Intermountain signs exclusive deal with radiology benefits manager, Sectra partners with Christus Health, and Fujifilm offers up $90,000 grant for COVID ultrasound research.

How radiologists can avoid becoming a ‘ghost in a dark room,' take ownership of patients

This entails assuming responsibility for each individual, avoiding excuses and resolving to make things right, ACR President Debra Monticciolo, MD, shared in recent remarks.

RSNA doling out more than $4M in new grants to dozens of researchers

Altogether, the society's Research and Education Foundation is supporting 93 projects across 47 different institutions, officials announced Tuesday.

Community radiology practices suffer sizable imaging volume declines, with breast imaging hit hardest

That’s according to a new analysis of imaging data from nine such providers located across the country, published in JACR.

RapidAI receives ‘groundbreaking’ FDA clearance for its neuroimaging stroke platform

The system, known as Aspects, is the first neuroimaging solution in the FDA’s computer-assisted diagnostic software category to receive this designation.

Endologix announces bankruptcy, company-wide reorganization due to pandemic-related challenges

Endologix, an Irvine, California-based healthcare company focused on aortic disorders, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and finalized a “consensual plan of reorganization."

Physicians ask American Board of Radiology for greater lactation leeway when taking exams

Leaders with the American Association of Women in Radiology made their plea in an editorial published in Clinical Imaging.

Management

Radiologists call for ‘urgent’ update to payer policy they say is based on bogus info

Administration lifts pause on visa processing, prioritizing foreign-born radiologists and other docs

FDA announces recall of device used in interventional procedures after 3 injuries

Medicaid and SNAP cuts could lead to 1.2M lost jobs by 2029, report finds

All 50 states agree to $7.4B opioid crisis settlement