Total Rad Onc Applicants Shoot Back Up To Exceed 2019 Level

[Gfunk6]

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Members don't see this ad.

You still paying dues to get emails like that?

Yes. 🙁 I guess I "outted" myself. However, in my defense I opted to pay dues for three years at a time for a cheaper rate. Once that expires, I may reconsider

 

[thecarbonionangle]

It is worth it just for the red journal subscription and if your job pays for it why not? Join ACRO too!

 

[TheWallnerus]

ASTRO is now harassing me weekly by email to post my non-existent jobs to their job board.

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So sweet of them to offer a $750 discount to little Rad Onc.

“Make your ad come to life”

*eyeroll*

 

[metallica81788]

“Make your ad come to life”

*eyeroll*

No ad comes to life for me when I have click through 7 different links to get there

 

[CaesarRO]

Because JCAHO, essentially

In cahoots with the whole pain cabal

I believe this is also harped on by APEX accreditation (not sure about the others).

As long as regulation requires it, not much we can do

 

[OTN]

It's all about MIPS

https://qpp.cms.gov/docs/QPP_quality_measure_specifications/CQM-Measures/2020_Measure_144_MIPSCQM.pdf

CMS is the worst

 

[Mandelin Rain]

It's all about MIPS

https://qpp.cms.gov/docs/QPP_quality_measure_specifications/CQM-Measures/2020_Measure_144_MIPSCQM.pdf

CMS is the worst

Physicians should not be assessing pain or creating a pain management plan at every visit. It's a sure fire way to get excessive narcotics prescribed.

Everyone hurts, all the time. Suck it up. (or irradiate it)

 

[Fpg1245]

It's all about MIPS

https://qpp.cms.gov/docs/QPP_quality_measure_specifications/CQM-Measures/2020_Measure_144_MIPSCQM.pdf

CMS is the worst

I was out in charge of implementing it at the satellite sweatshop…makes you lose faith in humanity.

 

[OTN]

Physicians should not be assessing pain or creating a pain management plan at every visit. It's a sure fire way to get excessive narcotics prescribed.

Everyone hurts, all the time. Suck it up. (or irradiate it)

You're trying to apply logic and reason to a CMS rule. Not going to work.

 

[TheWallnerus]

You're trying to apply logic and reason to a CMS rule. Not going to work.

Reminds me of the saying that people don’t get burnt out from doing hard work, they burn out from doing futile work

 

[deleted1111261]

We’ve decided to take the hit and just not do it

Whatever bonus they want to pay me isn’t worth the moral injury

 

[Lamount]

Physicians should not be assessing pain or creating a pain management plan at every visit. It's a sure fire way to get excessive narcotics prescribed.

Everyone hurts, all the time. Suck it up. (or irradiate it)

I don't do numerical pain assessments... and no one has asked me to.

As far as I am concerned, there are only 6 ways to describe the intensity of pain (well-controlled, poorly-controlled, improving, worsening, consistent, and resolved)

 

[deleted1111261]

I don't do numerical pain assessments... and no one has asked me to.

As far as I am concerned, there are only 6 ways to describe the intensity of pain (well-controlled, poorly-controlled, improving, worsening, consistent, and resolved)

I like this

 

[NotMattSpraker]

I don't do numerical pain assessments... and no one has asked me to.

As far as I am concerned, there are only 6 ways to describe the intensity of pain (well-controlled, poorly-controlled, improving, worsening, consistent, and resolved)

I love that. APEx does not require the assessment to be numerical, although they have lots of unwritten rules written by the most honest people.

 

[deleted1111261]

I love that. APEx does not require the assessment to be numerical, although they have lots of unwritten rules written by the most honest people.

Good thing this is not the real Matt Spraker
They will hunt you down with poorly worded emails with all caps and exclamation points

 

[fiji128]

Y'all forgetting that pain is the 5th vital sign, at least I heard that harped on sometime during med school.

 

[elementaryschooleconomics]

I don't do numerical pain assessments... and no one has asked me to.

As far as I am concerned, there are only 6 ways to describe the intensity of pain (well-controlled, poorly-controlled, improving, worsening, consistent, and resolved)

Stealing this...

 

[theradiator]

An admin emailed me last year because the percentage of patients with a pain score documented in my notes was too low. They were going to set up a one hour training about the pain score's importance and how to document it.

I apologized profusely, and now it's in practically every note. I never scheduled that training.

In 2022, maybe useful as part of an arthritis screening protocol?

 

[evilbooyaa]

I don't do numerical pain assessments... and no one has asked me to.

As far as I am concerned, there are only 6 ways to describe the intensity of pain (well-controlled, poorly-controlled, improving, worsening, consistent, and resolved)

Same to bolded. Even for APex I don't think it was necessary. Just that if there was pain, you had to document what your pain management plan was (tolerable vs continue meds vs will Rx meds vs pain management to manage)

 

[ivybme]

Anyone know the number of applicants for this year in rad onc?

 

[RickyScott]

Anyone know the number of applicants for this year in rad onc?

Basket of deplorables?