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.

Cardiologists urge Congress to pass new bills focused on PAD, Medicare coverage
SCAI has shared a new call to action as an observance of American Heart Month. The group is asking Congress to pass new pieces of legislation that could improve care for PAD patients and get important medical devices in the hands of interventional cardiologists.
US senators introduce bipartisan bill to boost pay for radiation therapy providers
Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and John Boozman, R-Ark., have introduced legislation to lift "arbitrary" caps on compensation for therapeutic and diagnostic medical physicists working in the VA.
App issue triggers voluntary recall of some Siemens Healthineers CT systems
Siemens self-reported a problem with software being inadvertently delivered to U.S. systems when the applications have not yet been cleared for use by the FDA.
The Certified Radiology Administrator exam is getting an update
The exam has been reworked to better reflect the challenges today’s imaging leaders face.
World's first 3T MRI dedicated to neonatal imaging earns FDA clearance
The MR system was designed with smaller spaces in mind, enabling installation in or very near NICUs.

Breast radiologists’ opinions diverge on how to structure resident education, rotations

Imaging experts said they were "surprised" at the lack of consensus regarding how to manage first rotations during a 12-week program.

COVID-19 vaccines have buoyed healthcare profits

Healthcare companies have seen profits rise during the second quarter of 2021 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines and Americans returned to doctors’ offices.

Healthcare orgs given extra time to comply with price transparency

The Biden administration has given healthcare organizations extra time to comply with a price transparency rule.

Doctors the only healthcare workers seeing healthy long-term wage growth, although women have made some overall gains on men

Physicians enjoyed a substantial rise in mean wage growth between 2001 and 2017, while registered nurses and healthcare practitioners such as dentists and chiropractors saw a modest bounce in pay.

Nurse union says hospitals are ‘crying false tears’ over understaffing; hospitals reply ‘Are you kidding?’

An open brawl broke out late last week after the nation’s largest nurses’ union accused hospitals of “deliberately refusing” to pony up for optimal RN-to-patient staffing ratios—and a hospital industry spokesperson hit back.

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Imaging did not contribute to an increase in Medicare spending between 2009-2019

Radiology recorded the most negative compounded annual growth rate when compared to all other Part B categories during those 10 years, according to a new analysis.

Screening slowdowns spelled tens of thousands fewer mammograms, hundreds more missed diagnoses

Declining mammography rates during the COVID-19 pandemic call for additional resources to pinpoint those in need of screening, experts charged.

Notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days

Along with AI in its various iterations, the list may include virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, robotics and other innovative technologies changing healthcare delivery.

Management

Cardiologists urge Congress to pass new bills focused on PAD, Medicare coverage

US senators introduce bipartisan bill to boost pay for radiation therapy providers

App issue triggers voluntary recall of some Siemens Healthineers CT systems

The Certified Radiology Administrator exam is getting an update

World's first 3T MRI dedicated to neonatal imaging earns FDA clearance