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.

Clinicians want AI to show its work
Providers are more likely to trust AI when they understand how it arrives at its conclusions.
Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade
The new appropriate use criteria define 17 specific clinical scenarios, guiding providers on situations when amyloid or tau imaging are and are not appropriate.
Female representation in interventional radiology still lagging behind other specialties
The number of female IR trainees has been on the rise for years, but this growth is slow in comparison to other medical professions.
ACR Assess-AI national data registry tracks performance of clinical algorithms
Christoph Wald, MD, vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, explains how the new Assess-AI National Radiology Data Registry is designed to help monitor accuracy and other metrics for radiology artificial intelligence.
FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee
The National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee provides guidance and recommendations related to the standards by which facilities are regulated.

Critical Issues Facing the Profession of Radiology: An ACR Perspective: 11.28, 8:30am-10am

Representatives from the American College of Radiology (ACR) delve into major issues facing radiology today, what steps the ACR is taking to address the issues and the details of political advocacy.

October 24, 2011

Shaping your Future Practice: ACOs and Practice Development: 11.27, 5pm-6pm

Designed to help attendees understand the concept of the accountable care organization (ACO), this session addresses the delivery model and how it will influence the practice of medical imaging. Speakers also will explore licensure, reimbursement and position responsibilities of the radiologist assistant.

October 24, 2011

Saving Our Profession: How Rads Can Thrive in Era of Healthcare Reform: 11.27, 2pm-3:30pm

With policymakers scrutinizing imaging and competition continuing to escalate, independent imaging practices face the risk of extinction. A trio of experts presents and assesses the challenge and possible solutions.

October 24, 2011

InterSystems, athenahealth link N.Y. HIE to the cloud

Healthcare Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) has connected its health information exchange (HIE) with the cloud-based EHR from cloud-computing tool developer athenahealth, healthcare interoperability technology developer InterSystems announced.

October 24, 2011

Two practices deploy athenahealth's cloud-based services

athenahealth has expanded its relationship with two current physician practices customers by employing athenaClinicals, its cloud-based EHR service and athenaCommunicator, its patient cycle management service.

October 24, 2011

Healthcare Economics: The dismal science?

In the Victorian era, economics was dubbed the dismal science. A century and a half later, economics, particularly in the healthcare space, is far from dismal. More appropriate adjectives that spring to mind include essential, gripping and contentious. The healthcare economics lineup for the 97th Annual Meeting & Scientific Assembly of the RSNA reflects its pre-eminent role in radiology today. Scroll down for Health Imaging's top picks for RSNA sessions in healthcare economics and be sure to subscribe to our monthly economics portal to stay on of these issues.

October 21, 2011

AJR: Radiology to see fewer independent practices, more commoditization

Over the next decade, new radiologists will be starting on career paths that look quite different from the paths of todays radiologists, and they will potentially face a future that trends toward increased commoditization of radiology services, according to a web exclusive article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

October 21, 2011

Massachusetts practice taps McKesson for revenue management

Newton-Wellesley Radiology Associates has deployed McKessons Revenue Management Solutions.

October 21, 2011

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Radiology Business

The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Cardiovascular Business

New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA

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.

Cardiovascular Business

Cardiology practices pay $17.7M to settle fraud allegations brought on by whistleblowers

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.

Management

Clinicians want AI to show its work

Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade

Female representation in interventional radiology still lagging behind other specialties

ACR Assess-AI national data registry tracks performance of clinical algorithms

FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee

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