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.

Radiology societies say ‘excessive’ cut to Medicare practice-expense component could imperil independent practices
CMS is trying to even out pay gaps between hospital and office-based physicians, but rad groups said the move lacks supporting data and could adversely impact interventinoal specialists.
Radiologists 2nd among specialties with highest average on-call pay
Rads collect an average of about $1,845 in per-day call pay behind neurosurgeons ($2,045) and ahead of pathologists ($1,700).
GE HealthCare mulls multibillion-dollar sale of China business line: Report
The Chicago-based imaging giant has consulted with advisors about options to unload the division,
Bloomberg first reported Thursday.
5 signals EMS is ripe and ready for AI
Emergency medical services are there when you need them. Yet they barely come up in healthcare strategy discussions. AI could help change that.
Number of healthcare organizations that lost over $200K from data breaches rises 400%
The data comes from a new report by cybersecurity firm Netwrix, which found that healthcare continues to outpace other sectors in both the number of breaches and associated financial losses.

Crisis clobbers affiliated imaging centers, with recovery coming slower than main hospital campus

Such sites generate significant income for hospitals, while also capturing a large portion of outpatient imaging, experts wrote in Academic Radiology.

Standard operating procedures start chugging back to life at Medicare, Medicaid

As part of its Monday announcement, CMS released inspection guidance for state agencies and a toolkit for nursing homes.

NIH awards $4.6M grant for research into pediatric ‘chemo brain’

As part of the four year project, experts will pinpoint brain activity on functional MRI scans during attention, memory and other cognitive assessments.

‘We’re terrified’: Report claims undercounting of healthcare worker deaths, noting rad tech’s recent passing

Inconsistent reporting by physicians and coroners, along with the exclusion of nonmedical pros such as shuttle drivers, meal delivery or custodial workers, are part of the problem.

Diagnostic imaging serves no purpose in assessing breast pain, internal medicine docs stress

In a recent JAMA editorial, three UT Southwestern Medical Center internists implored their peers to shelve this low-value practice.

Imaging call hub bolsters bonds between radiologists, community PCPs, scoring 98% ED avoidance rate

Experts believe that imaging physicians who make themselves more available to primary care can help to mitigate malpractice risks while also building better ties with patients.

Deep dive finds more for radiologists to dislike in 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Consulting firm Healthcare Administrative Partners highlighted payment cuts as severe as 18% for high-volume imaging procedures.

FDA clearance news: Hyperfine’s portable MRI nod, RapidAI takes on LVOs, and more market moves

Also, Bayer receives the go-ahead for its MRI contrast bulk packaging option and United Imaging unveils a new PET noise-reduction platform.

Management

Radiology societies say ‘excessive’ cut to Medicare practice-expense component could imperil independent practices

Radiologists 2nd among specialties with highest average on-call pay

GE HealthCare mulls multibillion-dollar sale of China business line: Report

5 signals EMS is ripe and ready for AI

Number of healthcare organizations that lost over $200K from data breaches rises 400%