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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Company evaluates cannabinoid therapies for heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy

Growblox Life Sciences has licensed intellectual property for Makai Biotechnology for therapeutic methods to treat cardiac hypertrophy though regulation of TRPV1, a cannabinoid receptor.

Cardiologist, retired Army major general hired as CEO of the NIH Clinical Center

James K. Gilman, MD, a cardiologist and retired major general of the U.S. Army, has been hired as the inaugural CEO of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) Clinical Center.

Abbott files lawsuit to terminate proposed Alere acquisition

Abbott announced on Dec. 7 that it had filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery to terminate the company’s proposed acquisition of Alere.

Hospital agrees to $12 million settlement for alleged unnecessary cardiac procedures

South Miami Hospital agreed to pay the federal government approximately $12 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for medically unnecessary cardiac procedures performed by John R. Dylewski, MD.

New company plans to develop heart failure medications, hopes to cure heart disease

The Column Group has provided $50 million in Series A financing for a new company called Tenaya Therapeutics, which plans on focusing on regenerative medicine and developing medications to treat heart failure.

Government sues diagnostic testing company owner for false claims for cardiologist

The federal government sued the owner of a diagnostic testing company for allegedly submitting false claims to Medicare. The complaint also alleges a cardiologist took part in the scheme, but he was not sued.

AHA, Children’s Heart Foundation announce 7 winners of heart defect research awards

Seven researchers received more than $1 million in total from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Children’s Heart Foundation for congenital heart defect research.

Trump names Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove to forum

President-elect Donald Trump has named Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove to join a non-partisan panel of 16 business leaders whop will advise Trump on how government affects job and economic growth.

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Use of AI opportunistic screening in CT for cardiovascular disease

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.

Health Imaging
New imaging protocols proposed to curb rise of cardiovascular infections

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.