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.

3 wise cybersecurity investments for private radiology practices
Technology leaders with Radiology Associates of North Texas shared their advice in an opinion piece published by JACR.
Oklahoma governor vetoes bill requiring coverage for supplemental breast imaging
"This legislation imposes new and costly insurance mandates on private health plans that will ultimately raise insurance premiums for working families and small businesses," said Gov. J. Kevin Stitt.
North Carolina seeks to become 1 of last states to license rad techs
It is 1 of only 5 states with no standards or licensing structure for rad techs and radiation therapists, advocates wrote in a recently published op-ed.
Report: Former TV writer exploiting ACA to sell bare-bones insurance plans
Bloomberg writes about a company, Quick Health, run by a former comedy writer, who through a loophole in the law is accused of "hiring" members for fake jobs to enroll them in junk insurance policies.
Republicans in Congress back off proposal to cut Medicaid
House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed on Tuesday that Medicaid cuts would be excluded from an upcoming spending bill, as both President Donald Trump and other Republicans in Congress opposed any reduction to funding.

Man admits role in car accident scheme, defrauding insurers with unnecessary imaging exams

The Hudson County, New Jersey, individual used local auto body shop employees and healthcare providers in a cash-for-referrals plot, which led to an estimated $3.5 million in total losses.

Radiologist pushes peers to avoid taking ‘golden parachute’ at the expense of younger docs

A recent survey found that younger rads are turned off by corporatization in the specialty. Radiology Business spoke with the author to better understand the results.

Radiologists urged to reschedule all nonurgent imaging in wake of COVID-19’s spread

Providers appear to be heeding that advice at varying degrees, with some practices turning away any coughing patients.

AI tech sees uptick in venture capital funding

Venture capital investment volume and value continued to flow into the AI technology space in 2019, though the number of big deals dropped globally.

Radiation exposure dropped 20% in the US, fueled by ‘substantial’ decrease in nuclear medicine use

A cut in Medicare payment may have contributed to the trend, driving doctors away from heart imaging methods that rely on ionizing radiation, experts wrote in Radiology.

‘There is no current role for CT’ in the diagnosis of coronavirus, radiologists assert

Consensus seems to be building against using computed tomography to diagnose the novel coronavirus, with another major society urging physicians away from the modality as a first-line tool.

Mount Sinai names new chief financial officer

Mount Sinai Health System has named Niyum Gandhi as its new chief financial officer.

MedPAC says radiologists should not get a pay hike in 2021

Commissioners are pushing a 0% fee-for-service reimbursement hike in the federal payment program, noting that patients appear to have ample access to care.

Management

3 wise cybersecurity investments for private radiology practices

Oklahoma governor vetoes bill requiring coverage for supplemental breast imaging

North Carolina seeks to become 1 of last states to license rad techs

Report: Former TV writer exploiting ACA to sell bare-bones insurance plans

Republicans in Congress back off proposal to cut Medicaid