If I met a biller coder person who actually took MCAT I would respect that a little more. The biller coders often times seem to think they know more than dosi, phys, the therapists, and the MD combined!
One time I was asked to call a patients daughter who was “in the medical field” to discuss treatment recommendations. Of course she was a biller.
He spots 2mm lung mets and 1mm H&N lymph nodes
Bigotry of low expectations.Ruining the job market and then trying to recruit URMs:
First they call you crazy, then they call you for advice?
A rad onc chair tossing out some misinformation (ie Simul "lead"s a "fringe" fan base)? One would hope that would be rare. Instead I call that "Tuesday."
What!!? Someone who has to remind people of all of his accomplishments, publications and status! He also knows how to use his time efficiently!
Some in rad Onc have been nefarious enough to repurpose it to hit 2 birds with one stone however, rads isn't hurting to match folks as their job market is far more robust
This^. All of this talk about DEI without addressing their future job prospects and working conditions.
Yes everything is worse with you guys. In Radiology, it has been a huge distraction which prevents from much needed investments in fixing the other fires.
He's full of ****. How do you think multi specialty centers where everyone got a piece of the technical was able to be created? Yep, the in office ancillary exemption (ioae). @jondunn
Not even worth arguing. From this mornings New York Times “On state television, they’re told that Europe is rotten and that its people are on the bread line. Nowhere is better than Russia.”
He is a good guy. I remember him from when he was at Uf and gave osler lectures, but he is way off here.
I agree
In the ~2007-2013 era this was one of the hottest topics in academics.
Also article in nejm. Nevertheless, the impact on the job market was orders of magnitude less than today. That was peak radonc for a good reason. I would get very good unsolicited job offers every 6 months.In the ~2007-2013 era this was one of the hottest topics in academics.
I would meet GU rad oncs who were lamenting the fall off in their prostate work because a local shoppe had set up a UroRads in town. Academic rad onc had Putin-against-Ukraine levels of hate toward urologists buying linacs and if you were a rad onc working with them you were un collaborateur.
ASTRO criticizes urologist self-referral for IMRT | Urology Times
For the second time in a month, urologists are being criticized for self-referred ancillary services?this time by radiologists for providing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment for prostate cancer patients in urologists' own radiation therapy centers.www.urologytimes.com
ASTRO responds to study on growth of IMRT for prostate cancer
ASTRO responds to study on growth of IMRT for prostate cancerwww.urotoday.com
ASTRO applauds new GAO report on physician self-referral abuse
ASTRO Chairman Michael L. Steinberg, M.D., FASTRO, called attention to the Government Accountability Office's striking report released today, "Medicare: Higher Use of Costly Prostate Cancer Treatment by Providers Who Self-Refer Warrants Scrutiny," that details clear mistreatment of patients who...www.eurekalert.org
Yes ASTRO held a big press conference about it
"Oncology patients being treated with radiation. Radiation oncology society, aghast!"Yes ASTRO held a big press conference about it
NEJM study exposes overuse of radiation therapy when urologists profit from self-referral
A comprehensive review of Medicare claims for more than 45,000 patients from 2005 through 2010 found that nearly all of the 146 percent increase in intensity- modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer among urologists with an ownership interest in the treatment was due to self-referral...www.eurekalert.org
Ben smith would steal your half eaten bagel if you left it around along with your patient!
AsTRo take on urorads naked jealousy tarted up with some moral superiority
