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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How radiographers can improve gender awareness in diagnostic imaging

A knowledge gap exists for what radiographers know about gender identity in diagnostic imaging, wrote radiographers Sidsel Pedersen and Virginia Sanders in an editorial published in the journal Radiography.

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Trump: Proposed tariffs on Chinese imports—including medical imaging equipment—are 'back on the table'

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, May 29, that proposed tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imported goods, including medical imaging equipment, are back on the table.

FDA approves AI software to detect wrist fractures

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave software company Imagen permission to market its artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic system OsteoDetect.

NIH: Less than half of patients receive follow-up care after concussions

Lead author Seth Seabury, PhD, from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, and colleagues determined that there are "significant gaps in follow-up for patients with mTBI after hospital discharge, even those with a positive finding on CT or who continue to experience post concussive symptoms."

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Anthem, Colorado hospitals butt heads over imaging policy

Health insurance giant Anthem implemented its controversial imaging policy in Colorado last fall which has limited CT and MRI coverage for the nearly one in five patients with private insurance in the state, according to a Denver Post report. Some experts question the motivation of the move.

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State Farm accuses Detroit attorney of secret financial ties to MRI center

Detroit attorney Mike Morse has been accused by State Farm Insurance of having an undisclosed financial relationship with Horizon Imaging, a Michigan-based MRI provider that accepted referrals from Morse's law firm.

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ACR elects Geraldine McGinty as 1st woman chair

Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, has been elected Chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) board—the first woman named to the position in the history of the organization.

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Patients face less than 1% risk of acute kidney injury after contrast procedures

The development of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been linked to the use of contrast media during imaging, but a recent JACR study found these incidents have likely been overestimated.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses some of the biggest obstacles facing the specialty in the new year. 

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.