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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First Word: Happy New Year, CMS!

The smiles and lauds of Happy New Year are slowly being replaced by the droning realization that the reimbursement cuts in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule are in full force. Its difficult to discuss any topic in cardiovascular medicine without contemplating the influence of these drastic cuts enacted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)some as high as 40 percent.

ACC Corner | Accountable Care Organizations: A Bold New Solution?

Beyond covering the uninsured, redesign of the healthcare delivery system is essential. Patients and physicians have not been served by the cost and volume controls that have occurred over the past decade and the current escalation of healthcare costs is not sustainable.

Infinitt, Great Valley add billing capabilities to RIS/PACS

Infinitt North America, a developer of Web-based RIS, PACS and advanced visualization solutions, has formed a business partnership with Malvern, Pa.-based Great Valley Technologies to offer a RIS/PACS with integrated billing capabilities.

ACC Corner | Maintenance of Certification Could Have Brighter Future with Healthcare Reform

In 1936, the American Medical Association (AMA) and American College of Physicians (ACP) answered a call for the development of uniform high standards for new physicians by forming the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

Back Page | Connectivity and the Changing Face of American Healthcare

When President Obama signed the economic stimulus package into law this past February, allotting $19 billion to accelerate the nationwide adoption of electronic health records, he welcomed a new era in American healthcare: the age of connectivity.

Economic Tourniquet Escapes EP, Tightens Elsewhere

Cardiovascular care, like other areas of medicine, is feeling the pinch of the economic tourniquet applied to stop the hemorrhaging of dollars and the potential closure of life-saving services. Interestingly, the pulse of electrophysiology is anything but flatlined, and vendors and CFOs are all a-flutter at the staggering growth of EPestimated to be between 12 and 15 percent annually.

The ACC Corner | ACC Approves Blueprint for Healthcare Reform

The American College of Cardiology held its successful 58th Annual Scientific Session in Orlando, Fla., in March. The event featured exciting science, quality improvement programming and critical networking opportunities for the entire cardiovascular community. In addition, the meeting provided an opportunity for the college to re-affirm its commitment to leading healthcare reform.

Example of a curved MPR image reconstruction of entire length of of a coronary artery on a cardiac CT scan to better show calcified and soft plaque burden inside the vessel. The thumbnail dots on the left side of the image are cross sectional views of the vessel. Siemens example on the expo floor.

The CCTA Playbook: A Guide to Coding, Reimbursement and Operations

A compendium of the business intelligence required to launch a CCTA service

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Health Imaging
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.

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