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.

A federal judge dismissed the suit last week, determining that attorneys failed to adequately argue that ABR violated antitrust rules.

This fourth re-up continues key provisions to help radiologists and other providers navigate the ongoing crisis.

Part of the disconnect revolves around education, and making sure IR physicians know how their profession is affected by the legislative process.

AI researchers and developers across the U.S. received a powerful if overshadowed shot in the arm on New Year’s Day.

The longtime Texas neuroradiologist replaces Arl Van Moore Jr., MD, who is retiring from the post this month.

In particular, the code for low-dose lung cancer screening has been replaced, with financial implications for physicians.

The Veterans Health Administration is creating a LDCT lung cancer program, and recently gauged team members' readiness for the complex initiative.

The approach must be data-driven and rooted in the desire to provide the best possible care for patients, one ACR expert said.