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."

Breast cancer advocacy group urges radiologists to push back routine imaging amid pandemic

Susan G. Komen said its suggestion applies to healthy women of average risk for the disease and is aimed at minimizing exposure while freeing up “needed health capacity."

The top 12 schools for radiology training, according to US News and World Report

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine grabbed the top spot, with Harvard and the University of California, San Francisco, rounding out the top three.

HHS launches emergency drug packaging solutions with public-private blend

HHS is bringing together a public-private partnership to address emergency drug packaging with a U.S.-based solution using low-cost prefilled syringes.

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.

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