AuntMinnie

APRIL 22, 2024

Last introduced in June 2021 as HR-3657 and companion SB-2641 , MARCA would amend Medicare reimbursement policy for radiologist assistants (RAs) to align reimbursement with state radiologist assistant licensure laws. Not all states (but a majority) have defined such licensure for these practitioners.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 26, 2024

There are several barriers that still need to be addressed from a radiologist, facility, and patient standpoint. How someone can extrapolate findings from a study conducted overseas with less than 100 participants in a publicly funded healthcare system and present it as a universal truth to over 49,000 radiologists in the U.S.

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Ben White

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Note: I’ve heard a similar story independently from several different RP radiologists. I reached out to RP and Melinda Collins, AVP of Marketing and Communications, on Twitter/X without a response. What does this mean for individual radiologists? So how does this look in practice? Let’s discuss. And the future?

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In an interview with AuntMinnie.com , Menias said, “The report is our deliverable and primary way of communicating their findings to them as patients and to their medical care provider.” Cooky’s tough love: It takes time to become an excellent radiologist. Learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others.

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Ben White

JUNE 20, 2023

These techniques have minimal overlap with the medical school of even fifteen years ago (in-person lectures, books, repeat). A less academic and more casual book repackaging of this evidence-based approach is Ultralearning by Scott Young. The reality is there you will have to create your own feedback whenever possible.

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Ben White

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When I was serving as chair of the Texas Radiological Society’s Young Professional Section, I surveyed practicing radiologists about the transition between training and independent practice. Don’t assume that rank-and-file radiologists will look beyond their worklists and their paychecks.

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Ben White

APRIL 23, 2023

Radiology in the Post-Orals Era Many old-guard radiologists bemoan a perception of decreased real-world readiness and confidence of recent graduates in the era of the Core Exam. A lot of radiologists have suggested that a multiple-choice exam simply can’t test for the soft skills that the oral boards could (which is undeniable).

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