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.

New business model helps private cardiology practices stay independent
The new approach allows private practices to expand and evolve without being acquired.
FDA approves smallest defibrillation lead of its kind for LBBA placement
The OmniaSecure defibrillation lead from Medtronic is already approved for placement in the right ventricle. This latest approval covers the left bundle branch area, opening the door for conduction system pacing and other advanced techniques.
Man wins $10M jury verdict after ED physicians order wrong imaging exam
The incident left John Douglas Cox, a mechanic in Washington’s Clark County, partially paralyzed after physicians failed to promptly diagnose and treat a spinal infection.
Healthcare educators: Want to stabilize nurse staffing for years to come? Stand up for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program
Federal policy is bandaging localized nursing shortages while ignoring the patient’s serious internal illness.
FTC homes in on healthcare
The federal regulatory agency that exists to protect consumers and promote competition across the economy is newly focused on patients and clinicians as well as taxpayers.

NextGen Healthcare announces CEO transition

NextGen Healthcare, an electronic health record company and provider of ambulatory-focused technology services, and its president and CEO, Rusty Frantz, have reached a mutual agreement for Frantz to step down from his role, effective immediately.

LifePoint acquires Kindred Healthcare

LifePoint Health is acquiring post-acute care provider Kindred Healthcare.

FDA announces recall of multiple lots of Smiths Medical insulin syringes

This is a Class I recall, which means the issue could lead to serious injury or death.

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ACR, Society of Breast Imaging issue updated guidance for screening women with average cancer risk

The two advocacy groups shared their revisions on June 18 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Hospital giant CHI Health terminates 75-year partnership with local radiology practice

A representative with the 14-hospital nonprofit said there was no formal contract between the two organizations.

New imaging evidence may link myocarditis in young adults to COVID-19 vaccination

In late May, the CDC warned of several dozen cases of heart Inflammation, typically occurring within four days after the second vaccine dose.

Healthcare groups praise Supreme Court’s decision to uphold ACA: ‘A victory for people with serious illnesses’

The American Heart Association was one of dozens of healthcare organizations that shared its support of the Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling.

Radiologists and surgeons want CMS to eliminate ‘misguided’ payment barriers to lung cancer screening

Physician societies "strongly disagree" with criteria limiting LDCT screening to those who have quit smoking within 15 years.

Management

New business model helps private cardiology practices stay independent

FDA approves smallest defibrillation lead of its kind for LBBA placement

Man wins $10M jury verdict after ED physicians order wrong imaging exam

Healthcare educators: Want to stabilize nurse staffing for years to come? Stand up for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program

FTC homes in on healthcare