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.

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Physician salaries up 16.5% since 2015

The average salary for a physician was $363,924 in 2018, according to a new survey.

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Radiology Partners continues to grow, adding two more practices to its portfolio

With these latest acquisitions, the El Segundo, California, company now operates with more than 1,500 radiologists in 24 states. 

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Humana execs sell $38M in shares

Humana’s top executives offloaded a significant sum of shares in late December, shedding about 107,077 Humana shares worth $37.7 million, Louisville Business First reported.

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Radiologist scores $300K grant to develop dual-imaging modality for ovarian cancer treatment

Radiologist Vikas Kundra, MD, is teaming up with UC Riverside bioengineer Bahman Anvari on the investigation, with plans to begin testing the imaging method on mice.

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Integrating peer review into PACS helps boost radiologists’ ability to find discrepancies

The model has shown early promise, producing a five-fold increase in radiologists’ reported rate of finding significant errors. 

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AI startup raises $45M in Series B funding

Paige, a New York-based healthcare startup focused on AI technologies, announced the completion of a Series B funding round worth $45 million.

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Cigna sells non-health business for $6.3B

Cigna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance providers, has agreed to sell its group disability and life insurance business to New York Life for a purchase price of $6.3 billion.

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Advocates concerned oncology payment model could leave radiologists in the cold

The American College of Radiology believes a potential cancer care payment model is too “oncology centric,” and could push providers to select imaging services based on cost alone, rather than quality.