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 year like no other’: Editor of radiology’s top medical journal reflects back on 2020

The publication has become a leading source of COVID-19 imaging research, with one study garnering more than 420,000 downloads.

Radiology scores relief as Congress addresses pay cuts, RO payment model in year-end spending bill

President Trump on Tuesday night hinted that he may veto the bill if Congress does not make certain adjustments.

Hospital price transparency closing in

Is your organization ready to meet the new federal requirements on hospital price transparency? The policy is set to go live on New Year’s Day.

Medicaid solidifies value-based drug payments

The revised system gives states greater leeway than they’ve had to cut value-based purchasing deals with pharma companies on innovative but expensive drugs.

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Congress mitigates radiologist pay cuts, passing year-end spending bill with $3B cash infusion

Lawmakers also finalized a long-discussed ban on surprise medical bills and pushed back the radiation oncology payment model's go-live date.

Cardiologist sues employer, American Heart Association for alleged punishment after he wrote about affirmative action

The original white paper was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, but later retracted.

Residents protest after radiologists get vaccinations before others who directly treat COVID-19 patients

A California-based institution is modifying its inoculation strategy to include such early career physicians, noting that an algorithm “failed to prioritize house staff.”

Surprise medical billing ban nears finish line with inclusion in final government spending deal

Congress approved the measure on Dec. 21, targeting out-of-network radiology care with a new arbitration process.

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