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.

Report: Medicaid cuts could force hundreds of rural hospitals to close their doors
A report from the Chartis Center for Rural Health warns that many hospitals in rural communities are at risk of closure if Medicaid cuts pass through Congress and are enacted by President Donald Trump. According to the analysis, women and newborns will disproportionately lose access to care.
FDA issues Class I recall on GE Carestations due to ventilation issue
The issue stems from a mode on the ventilation systems malfunctioning. Although no devices need to be removed from care settings, some will require repair.
FDA issues emergency recall on resuscitation systems due to failure code
A specific model of AutoPulse resuscitation system manufactured by Zoll is prone to a failure code that could result in inadequate chest compressions being administered to patients. The affected kits must be removed from the supply chain immediately.
ASNC and AMA push back against AI prior authorization denials
Suman Tandon, MD, a representative of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), explains her organization's concerns about artificial intelligence being used to automatically deny prior authorizations and prevent patients from accessing care.
Physicians speak out against payers’ growing use of AI to deny imaging requests
Heart imaging specialists contend that the deployment of artificial intelligence "is making the issue of prior authorization worse, not better."

Imaging leaders ‘highly concerned’ about dwindling supplies during pandemic

Several radiology-related societies are worried their members are in danger in their daily work, and are asking the White House for help.

Medical students are graduating early to head to frontlines of COVID-19 pandemic

New York University is moving up graduation for its 2020 class of medical students so the new doctors can jump right into helping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

HHS grants $100M to healthcare systems

HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has granted $100 million to help healthcare systems prepare for a surge of COVID- patients.

ACR wants CMS to delay radiation oncology model amid current pandemic

Chief executive William Thorwarth Jr., MD, requested a six-month delay, pushing back implementation to Jan. 1, 2021, "at the earliest."

Radiology practice stages turf war, using CON law to block rival’s expansion plans

The stakes are high in the fight, with estimates that the Bloomfield, Connecticut, practice could rake in upward of $2 million annually with the addition.

Nearly half of states have approved Medicaid waivers during coronavirus crisis

A total of 23 states have received approved section 1135 waivers for their Medicaid programs from CMS as they deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Healthcare industry wins funding in coronavirus relief package

The healthcare industry got what it wanted, to an extent, with about $100 billion in funding allotted to providers in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

Ford working with GE Healthcare, others to bolster PPE and additional supplies during pandemic

The partnerships are aimed at addressing the availability of much-needed ventilators, respirators and face shields, essential to the treatment of coronavirus patients, officials said Tuesday.

Management

Report: Medicaid cuts could force hundreds of rural hospitals to close their doors

FDA issues Class I recall on GE Carestations due to ventilation issue

FDA issues emergency recall on resuscitation systems due to failure code

ASNC and AMA push back against AI prior authorization denials

Physicians speak out against payers’ growing use of AI to deny imaging requests