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[TheWallnerus]

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NCCN says consider no RT for early breast cancer >75yo, Kyle 😉

I wonder if insurance companies will ever set a 5 fraction limit for this group (they should probably)

 

[drowsy12]

 

[thesauce]

idk how much change is actually possible for them to pull off but for sure RFK/Elon/Doge are not fans of paying doctors more. only less.

The government wants to pay doctors less.

In other news, water is wet.

 

[medgator]

Freestanding community has been advocating it for well over a decade also. ASTRO only recently came around to it

Don't really see it ever happening, esp if hospitals find out they'll get paid the same case rate as a freestanding center. Plus the proton lobby etc.

 

[RickyScott]

I don’t hear radiologists complaining abt billing. (they are undersupplied).

 

[medgator]

Bridge oncology making way more sense than Sameer

• Increased supply of ROs (+16%) is outpacing cancer incidence growth (+4%).
• Fewer fractions per patient (due to hypofractionation and guidelines) reduces revenue.
• Reimbursement per fraction is decreasing with CPT code revisions and prior authorization hurdles.
• Consolidation limits negotiation power, keeping salaries stagnant despite rising workload.

Then again, why would ASTRO leadership with involvement in a residency program say any of that?

 

[drowsy12]

 

[RadOncMegatron]

So sorry to ask if this had been answered. Can someone send me a link or let me know the pros and cons of ROCR?

 

[SneakyBooger]

BBTF - Bring Back The Fistulas

 

[A_DeMichele]

As brachy is excluded from ROCR, how would doing combination of EBRT + HDR at the same institution for cervical cancer work? Hospital will get bundled payment for EBRT and just eat brachy costs?

 

[evilbooyaa]

As brachy is excluded from ROCR, how would doing combination of EBRT + HDR at the same institution for cervical cancer work? Hospital will get bundled payment for EBRT and just eat brachy costs?

EBRT would be ROCR'd and then Brachy would be FFS was my understanding. Otherwise lots of cervical cancer patients are going to die unnecessarily.

 

[A_DeMichele]

EBRT would be ROCR'd and then Brachy would be FFS was my understanding. Otherwise lots of cervical cancer patients are going to die unnecessarily.

And yet, that's not how it was going to be in RO model (if I recall right, hospitals were expected to eat brachy boost costs)

 

[evilbooyaa]

And yet, that's not how it was going to be in RO model (if I recall right, hospitals were expected to eat brachy boost costs)

Correct - that was a change from RO-APM.

 

[drowsy12]

 

[Radonky]

A residency shuts down and not a peep from SDN? Must be slow these days

 

[medgator]

A residency shuts down and not a peep from SDN? Must be slow these days

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[Chartreuse Wombat]

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[RadOncMegatron]

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[CaesarRO]

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[TheWallnerus]

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[DrProtonX]

A residency shuts down and not a peep from SDN? Must be slow these days

Which program???

 

[Fpg1245]

Little early for April fools.

 

[HolySmokes]

UVA is shutting down (heard through grapevine, no actual confirmation)

 

[fiji128]

UVA is shutting down (heard through grapevine, no actual confirmation)

There were rumblings on Reddit/Discord that they didn't match this year and did not participate in the SOAP. Highly doubt they are shutting down.

 

[medgator]

There were rumblings on Reddit/Discord that they didn't match this year and did not participate in the SOAP. Highly doubt they are shutting down.

I heard it from 2 sources now. I thought they were a decent mid tier program at least a few years ago

 

[TheWallnerus]

UVA is shutting down (heard through grapevine, no actual confirmation)

There were rumblings on Reddit/Discord that they didn't match this year and did not participate in the SOAP. Highly doubt they are shutting down.

Looks like when it comes to rumors of a rad onc residency shutting down, SDN can be a little...

Cavalier.

😎

 

[Radonky]

The rumors are correct

 

[Ray D. Ayshun]

Looks like when it comes to rumors of a rad onc residency shutting down, SDN can be a little...

Cavalier.

😎

It's too bad, if true. I remember reading there are some very fine people there.

 

[drowsy12]

it's a hellhole for residents. zero emphasis on education. if true, good riddance.

see the google doc for comments

 

[fiji128]

ACGME says they were put on probationary accreditation on 1/9/2025 with the next site visit scheduled for 1/1/2026.

ACGME - Accreditation Data System (ADS)

 

[thesauce]

It's too bad, if true. I remember reading there are some very fine people there.

They should be commended for doing something that a lot of programs should be doing!

 

[Chartreuse Wombat]

They should be commended for doing something that a lot of programs should be doing!

UVA has bigger problems

UVA Health CEO Kent resigns

Staff raised various concerns in a 2024 letter sent to Board of Visitors

www.vpm.org

 

[evilbooyaa]

No one really noteworthy at UVA at the faculty level besides Showalter, and he's probably 1 foot out the door (if not 2 already and the website is just not up to date) given the ArteraAI take off.

 

[medgator]

There were rumblings on Reddit/Discord that they didn't match this year and did not participate in the SOAP.

Apparently they weren't the only program who did this

I think not SOAPing allows them to possibly offer the spots outside of the match during the year

I'm guessing there were a lot more than 5 unfilled slots this year when you consider programs that chose not to soap but will offer spots out of the match

 

[drowsy12]

Apparently they weren't the only program who did this

I think not SOAPing allows them to possibly offer the spots outside of the match during the year

I'm guessing there were a lot more than 5 unfilled slots this year when you consider programs that chose not to soap but will offer spots out of the match

Well that would be accounted for if the were in the match. It was 5
Programs with unfilled spots and 3 programs who chose to soap

 

[DrProtonX]

Well that would be accounted for if the were in the match. It was 5
Programs with unfilled spots and 3 programs who chose to soap

Do you know which programs went unfilled and which one of them soap’d?

 

[drowsy12]

Do you know which programs went unfilled and which one of them soap’d?

The soap programs I saw on the google doc. One of them was Jefferson and other twoI think were NY programs?

 

[DrProtonX]

The soap programs I saw on the google doc. One of them was Jefferson and other twoI think were NY programs?

Thanks. I just looked it up. There were Jefferson, Stony Brook and Brooklyn Methodist.

 

[RickyScott]

jeff is such a nasty program.

 

[Fpg1245]

jeff is such a nasty program.

I can’t imagine that mid tier academic training programs have been particularly pleasant places to work or train. At least in the past there was a light at the end of the tunnel and there was a chance you could work with some bright imaginative faculty and residents…no more it seems.

 

[Gfunk6]

jeff is such a nasty program.

You know it's funny, I interviewd at Jefferson in the halycon days of 2006. You can even find my review on SDN if you care to look. I tried to be a bit more constructive with my review but, even back then, the vibe was "I'd rather not match than do residency at Jeff."

 

[medgator]

I can’t imagine that mid tier academic training programs have been particularly pleasant places to work or train. At least in the past there was a light at the end of the tunnel and there was a chance you could work with some bright imaginative faculty and residents…no more it seems.

💯💯

Obvious why they don't fill now

 

[Bequerel]

Allegheny was the 5th program that didn't match anyone, and didn't participate in SOAP.

Interesting, UVA actually didn't participate in the match. VCU was the 4th that didn't match, and appears not to have SOAPed, but in the past they have just used them as reserved spots in the following match.

What are we going to do about the obvious future shortage of radiation oncologists in the state of Virginia that these closures will undoubtedly cause???

 

[medgator]

Allegheny was the 5th program that didn't match anyone, and didn't participate in SOAP.

Ripe candidate for the next program closure (Drexel's cousin on the other side of the state!)

 

[GapCalc]

You know it's funny, I interviewd at Jefferson in the halycon days of 2006. You can even find my review on SDN if you care to look. I tried to be a bit more constructive with my review but, even back then, the vibe was "I'd rather not match than do residency at Jeff."

You didn't want to be one of "Wally's Angels"?!

 

[CurbYourExpectations]

What are we going to do about the obvious future shortage of radiation oncologists in the state of Virginia that these closures will undoubtedly cause???

This is why I am opening a new residency, can't stand the thought of there being any open jobs.

 

[brushbeamscanning]

adaptive is so mainstream.

 

[Palex80]

Ok, this isn't exactly Twitter, but still funny...

theMednet

Fair question. However, how many patients have you seen that have had BOTH tests done?

"to provide transparency"

🙂

 

[NotMattSpraker]

The rumors are correct

Tweeted out today by ARO.

Haha I am so confused.

 

[Radonky]

Tweeted out today by ARO.

Haha I am so confused.

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this interview likely predates the official decision to close the program. UVA will be back. ACGME was likely going to withdraw accreditation, Voluntary withdrawal allows a quicker timeline to remediation and re-accreditation.