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.

Medtronic to acquire medtech company Scientia Vascular for $550M
Scientia Vascular, a Salt Lake City-based medtech company focused on developing new vascular devices, was founded in 2007 and has more than 300 employees.
Radiology residency costs rising, posing a potential barrier to entering profession
Utilizing data from the Texas STAR database, researchers believe this is one of the first such studies to assess trends in radiology residency applications post-pandemic.
FDA clears next-gen image viewer from GE HealthCare that grants radiologists ‘anywhere access’
The regulatory decision applies to GEHC’s View, a key piece of the Chicago-based company’s Genesis Radiology Workspace.
Alabama passes legislation requiring insurers to cover supplemental breast imaging
House Bill 300 was officially enacted on March 5 after it was signed into law by Republican Gov. Kay Ivey.
$15M in medical device and cancer testing fraud earns chiropractor 43 months in prison
Teflyon Cameron’s sentence was announced on Monday. She pleaded guilty for her role in a scheme that sent kickbacks to doctors for medically unnecessary orders. The U.S. Department of Justice said the conspiracy went on for “several years.

Hospital system sues UnitedHealth over ‘denied, delayed’ Medicare Advantage reimbursement

Tennessee-based Ballad Health said it's tried for years to resolve the issues with the insurer but now has 'no choice' but to take legal action, as denied claims are leading to longer hospital stays and higher expenses.

ASE leading push to revise CPT code for interventional echocardiography

The pressure is on for ASE and other societies to create a new CPT code for the use of interventional echocardiography during structural heart procedures.

Cardiology leader, a ’40 under 40’ winner, arrested for leaving baby on beach

Both parents were arrested for neglect and then released the next day after posting a $1,000 bond. The child was unharmed.

Beyond just nodules—model uses all low-dose CT data to make long-term lung cancer risk predictions

New findings published in RSNA's Radiology highlight the shortcomings of using nodule characteristics and patient history alone to predict an individual’s true cancer risk.

An Illinois appellate judge upheld a pervious trial victory that cleared and central Illinois cardiologist Amit Dande, MD, and Prairie Cardiovascular Consults LLP of alleged misdiagnosis of the severity of a patient's heart condition that led to his death prior to a schedule percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Judge files lawsuit over husband’s death—alleges heart symptoms were mismanaged

The patient reported chest pain multiple times and had a family history of heart disease. According to the lawsuit, however, he was never referred to a cardiologist.

Private equity firms to acquire Hologic for $18.3B

Blackstone and TPG have reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based company for approximately $79 per share.

‘Direct-to-patient’ digital prompt boosts CT lung cancer screening uptake

Researchers with two academic health systems recently tried a new approach to increase LDCT uptake, reaching patients electronically outside of a regular appointment and asking them to request a screening.

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RadNet inks AI partnership with large value-focused physician group

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator is teaming with Desert Oasis Healthcare to offer RadNet’s Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection program.

Management

Medtronic to acquire medtech company Scientia Vascular for $550M

Radiology residency costs rising, posing a potential barrier to entering profession

FDA clears next-gen image viewer from GE HealthCare that grants radiologists ‘anywhere access’

Alabama passes legislation requiring insurers to cover supplemental breast imaging

$15M in medical device and cancer testing fraud earns chiropractor 43 months in prison