Hard to justify 1.7 million when you can't get medical students to have interest in your department.
Warm bodies welcome at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
Warm bodies welcome at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
Unlike ortho or cards, LIJ wouldn’t loose a single pt if he were replaced at 1/3 of his salary. Let alone r01, or any research to speak of.Hard to justify 1.7 million when you can't get medical students to have interest in your department.
Warm bodies welcome at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
LOL hes gotta be Boomer or Older at this point and very very boredAnyone else just get this email?
I would hope this email finds you well.
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very interested data. Thanks for sharing! I went around and looked at some other hospital websites and was able to find a list of what they "charge" but not a list of the "negotiated rate" like what UPenn is showing. Do the new rules/regulations require institutions to post the "negotiated rates" in addition to what they "charge"?Upenn actually complied with the 2021 mandate- the actual dollars they recover from select insurance companies, plus the average reimbursement per code
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Transparency in Pricing - Penn Medicine
Access the Charge Description Master (CDM), a list of standard charges made available to provide pricing transparency for each of our hospitalswww.pennmedicine.org
Absolutely, you are fined daily 300$ if you don’t post, but that may increase. About 20% hospitals have posted.very interested data. Thanks for sharing! I went around and looked at some other hospital websites and was able to find a list of what they "charge" but not a list of the "negotiated rate" like what UPenn is showing. Do the new rules/regulations require institutions to post the "negotiated rates" in addition to what they "charge"?
you have been really on top of this we appreciate it!Absolutely, you are fined daily 300$ if you don’t post, but that may increase. About 20% hospitals have posted.
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Smart. It will become increasingly clear that the crazy/stupid money that flowed into these large centers led to satellites and expanded residencies and faculties, and ... waste. (All the while virtue signalling about hypofract while screwing the public good.)I was trying to find this info on NCI designated cancer centers and it is difficult to find. As others have said, many are posting their charge list only. City of Hope does have an option on its website to estimate your co-pay by insurance for a limited number of radiation related codes and I believe when I ran a 3D CRT code it appeared the patient copay was based on a negotiated rate of over $2,000 per fraction for their PPO business. That would be over 600% of Medicare. I'm guessing other NCI designated Cancer Centers are in that range as well.
We quote The Big Short a lot here. Time to do it again. It’s like the restaurant scene where the CDO manager, explaining to Steve Carell the orgy of riches he rakes in for doing nothing, goes “Apparently society values me very much.” (Steve responds he’s gonna be sick.) Apparently society values COH and Penn etc. very much! (Or so I am sure they think.) They can’t help it if society chooses to pay them 18 grand for a 3D plan... society values them very much. It is not shameful! We should applaud them and the arena in which they are “succeeding.”Smart. It will become increasingly clear that the crazy/stupid money that flowed into these large centers led to satellites and expanded residencies and faculties, and ... waste. (All the while virtue signalling about hypofract while screwing the public good.)
If a place like COH had to get buy on let’s say 400-500% Medicare (100-200% less than they are recovering)- they would collapse.
Tells me we all went into the wrong side of the medicine BUSINESS! How long will it take for me to get an online MBA, where can I get it the cheapest?We quote The Big Short a lot here. Time to do it again. It’s like the restaurant scene where the CDO manager, explaining to Steve Carell the orgy of riches he rakes in for doing nothing, goes “Apparently society values me very much.” (Steve responds he’s gonna be sick.) Apparently society values COH and Penn etc. very much! (Or so I am sure they think.) They can’t help it if society chooses to pay them 18 grand for a 3D plan... society values them very much. It is not shameful! We should applaud them and the arena in which they are “succeeding.”
This is the medical student/resident society, ie, the one without any power to do anything. ASTRO saying something substantive would be nice, though.But, I thought Astro had a member who was a never practicing lawyer who believes that this type of speech is constitutionally prohibited?
These companies pay them big money not to tell them it is ilegal but to make it legal.I wonder what strict anti-trust principles Google, Facebook and Amazon and their lawyers tell them they need to abide by. Maybe astro should ask their lawyers for a second opinion.
But, I thought Astro had a member who was a never practicing lawyer who believes that this type of speech is constitutionally prohibited?
But, I thought Astro had a member who was a never practicing lawyer who believes that this type of speech is constitutionally prohibited?
Because they got the answer they wanted.I can’t like this enough!
I’m sure he is a good guy, but how in the world did our specialty organization decide to make (more like not make) workforce decisions off 1 guys opinion?
It just seems like an important enough issue that you want to have a consultation with high powered anti trust lawyer, not a friend in the law school. Obviously any position can be legally challenged, but us antitrust doctrine centers on what benefits the consumer/public. Just because it can be challenged means nothing.I can’t like this enough!
I’m sure he is a good guy, but how in the world did our specialty organization decide to make (more like not make) workforce decisions off 1 guys opinion?
All mobs need a useful idiot patsyBecause they got the answer they wanted.
It just seems like an important enough issue that you want to have a consultation with high powered anti trust lawyer, not a friend in the law school. Obviously any position can be challenged, but us antitrust doctrine centers on what benefits the consumer/public.
Statement from ARRO wouldn't do anything. The bottom fell out of the applicant pool and it didn't do anything. ASTRO in truth doesn't care about the law, and they simply DO NOT CARE if the job outlook will be poor to quite poor for most grads. They want their academic programs to remain the size they are, thank you very much, and take great umbrage to us unwashed masses daring to suggest otherwise.
Trying to encourage minorities with lower levels of generational wealth to enter this specialty so you can feel good about your CHEDI initiatives is morally bankrupt.
Exactly. Apparently their freedom of speech is limited even though they have no power over residencies.Because they got the answer they wanted.
Why I am not a member .Repeating...ASTRO is a membership organization. Success is defined by growth...more members is more dues is larger budget.
The other beneficiary of overtraining is employers (which is the majority of the ASTRO Board members through the years).
Salaries go down...exactly what the leadership wants
It is so sad for these people. I plan to minister to them during their prison sentences.ARRO should put a statement as unequivocal as this. This is from the emergency medicine equivalent of ARRO.
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AAEM/RSA Statement of Concern for Graduating EM Residents and the Current Job Market | AAEM Resident and Student Association
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) is a non-profit professional association for emergency medicine residents and medical students.www.aaemrsa.org
AAEM/RSA Statement of Concern for Graduating EM Residents and the Current Job Market
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) is gravely concerned that graduating resident physicians are having significant difficulty in finding adequate jobs due to the current job market.
We believe that COVID has unearthed a very concerning combination of issues including:
AAEM/RSA is fearful that this dramatic decline in job opportunities will result in increased medical student caution and avoidance in choosing emergency medicine as a specialty and will ultimately result in under-filling of residency spots in the 2022 Match. We advise all senior residents to vocalize their concerns to their specialty societies and advise their programs to do the same.
- Dramatic overproduction of residents by Contract Management Group (CMG) run residencies.
- The inappropriate overuse of NPs and PAs practicing beyond their training in roles that should be filled by highly trained board certified emergency physicians.
- The significant conflict of influence of CMGs in our specialty societies, which prohibits physicians from advocating for themselves on these topics.
Facebook: controls the news feed to everyone in Australia. That's OK.I wonder what strict anti-trust principles Google, Facebook and Amazon and their lawyers tell them they need to abide by. Maybe astro should ask their lawyers for a second opinion.
The nomination committee...which is chosen by the members (but the slate is chosen by the Board).Who actually decides the ASTRO leadership? I still don’t understand why we can’t put forward a candidate like Chirag or someone who truly represent the majority of this field to be empowered to make necessary changes
Even consulting with an anti trust lawyer is in and of itself, anti trust, just like speaking about it.Guys, I'm sure anti-trust law is straightforward without nuance or complexity. Especially, when numerous interests are at stake, not the least of which the taxpayer. I'd trust anyone with a JD to have exhaustive knowledge of the topic and would trust them implicitly. Like a guy without possessions drafting a will.
Too late at this point #CancelASTROWho actually decides the ASTRO leadership? I still don’t understand why we can’t put forward a candidate like Chirag or someone who truly represent the majority of this field to be empowered to make necessary changes
Too late at this point #CancelASTRO
Have to address the underlying problem as well, rad onc as a specialty is absolutely critical to cancer care and will be for the foreseeable future. Poor leadership is the problemCancelling Rad Onc seems to be the more pressing issue
What if a movement was orchestrated online? Straight GameStop-style campaign to write in Chirag.The nomination committee...which is chosen by the members (but the slate is chosen by the Board).
Write-in is possible but so many are lazy
The #radoncrocks hashtag has kinda died a slow twitter death and has been de-trending for some time. I think it was killed off by the various rad onc troll accounts who pointed out the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of those originally using the hashtag.Might provoke Twitter mob from #radoncrocks. I don’t tweet I live vicariously thru SDN rummaging through Twitter
Stop the count!The #radoncrocks hashtag has kinda died a slow twitter death and has been de-trending for some time. I think it was killed off by the various rad onc troll accounts who pointed out the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of those originally using the hashtag.
It's actually pretty hilarious to watch. Actual discussion of trials? Totally normal. Someone starts trying to recruit hapless students into RadOnc? It's like a tornado siren activates and certain folks IMMEDIATELY descend on the thread.The #radoncrocks hashtag has kinda died a slow twitter death and has been de-trending for some time. I think it was killed off by the various rad onc troll accounts who pointed out the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of those originally using the hashtag.
RadOnCrocks was my favorite to seeThe #radoncrocks hashtag has kinda died a slow twitter death and has been de-trending for some time. I think it was killed off by the various rad onc troll accounts who pointed out the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of those originally using the hashtag.