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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Report: Preop labs, annual cardiac screening among most wasteful healthcare services

Those lab tests a physician orders before surgery may seem like just a drop in the bucket of healthcare spending, but over time those routine—often unnecessary—services add up.

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President Trump declares February American Heart Month

President Donald Trump declared February American Heart Month this Thursday in a tradition that stretches back 54 years.

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Interim publication of randomized trial results could be confusing, misleading

Researchers might be jumping the gun when publishing interim results of randomized trials, according to new information out of Dartmouth University. In roughly 20 percent of cases, results differ significantly by the time final numbers are published.

Survey: Physicians skeptical about value-driven payment models

Most physicians don’t believe accountable care organizations (ACOs) or bundled payment programs will effectively drive down America’s burdensome healthcare costs, according to a survey released this month by Leavitt Partners.

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ACA reduced out-of-pocket spending—but premiums rose at near-equal rate

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with an 11.9 percent decrease in average out-of-pocket spending, including a 21.4 percent decrease in the lowest-income group, according to a study of more than 80,000 U.S. adults.

Lack of long-term funding could threaten diabetes research

Two diabetes research programs have received short-term funding patches of $37.5 million each to continue operating through March 31, but several groups are warning the lack of permanent funding could stall innovation and delay new research which could help the more than 100 million Americans who have diabetes or prediabetes.

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Researcher reacts to CMS proposal to expand coverage for patients with pacemakers, defibrillators

Two weeks after CMS rolled out a proposal to expand MRI coverage options for patients with unapproved implantable devices, researchers in the field are optimistic—but remain critical.

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Chest CT for suspected pulmonary embolism in the ED: Utilization is up, diagnostic yield is down

CT utilization in the emergency department (ED) has increased significantly in the last few decades, a fact often cited as one of the major reasons healthcare costs and radiation exposure are on the rise. So what can be done to reverse that trend?

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Health Exec
Tom Price: Medical residency slots need to expand to combat physician shortages

Tom Price, MD, former secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), said one way to address the growing shortage of physicians is to expand medical resident positions, but these are tied to Medicare spending so alternative means may be needed.

Health Imaging
Tariffs will have a significant impact on the nuclear imaging supply chain in the US

"Domestic radiopharmaceutical suppliers, who receive isotopes from abroad, would be impacted by price changes and uncertainty caused by additional tariffs,” SNMMI President Cathy Cutler, PhD, wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce this week.