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Here is a nice schematic from our first @aahks health policy fellowship meeting outlining what everyone is discussing - reimbursements to hospitals have a law factoring in inflationary benefit while physicians do not

“< 5% of trainees are interested in working in a rural setting” which is desperate for help and Ezana Azene MD PhD has written about the growing epidemic. Line Monkey MD has been helping independent IRs join together to address the need OEIS Society American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR) Society of Interventional Radiology Kush Shah

Slowly evolving into an MSK-ish interventionalist? Best part of IR is the variety! Dana Dunleavy, MD Douglas Beall Society of Interventional Radiology SIR ECS #GAE #SCS

Expertise in #CLI does not end in hi-fives in the control room after successful three vessel run off, but with longitudinal patient follow up, personalized wound care and multi-D collaboration, until complete wound healing is achieved and amputation is prevented. #VIrad #PAD

⁦OEIS Society⁩ again demonstrates dedication to expertise and outcomes … thankful to see recognition of diabetic neuropathy pts; SCS improves pain, A1c, weight loss, sleep, reduced loss of sensation / dysesthesia ⁦Douglas Beall⁩ ⁦Don Garbett⁩ ⁦drcostantino

This is potentially the biggest thing we as physicians need to tackle. While physician pay has not changed since 1992, the wages of staff and other expenses have increased 3x or more in that same time. AMA CMSGov

Nothing quite like a pop-tibial trifurcation CTO with single vessel peroneal run off and an obscuring prosthesis in a Ruth5 #CLI patient Society of Interventional Radiology SIR ECS SIR RFS Multidisciplinary CLI Network - CLI Global Society

This is masterful.

Going to say it again… 1998 conversion factor for doctors - $36.68 2024 conversation factor for doctors - $33.29 1999 Insurance premiums - $6k 2024 Insurance premiums - $24k When you pay more for healthcare, it’s not coming from private, independent doctors no matter what

#VIRad is the #MacGuyver specialty. I know I could have just opened a longer wire, but already had two short ones and a micro kit open. Used this technique to extend a 75cm amplatz to allow catheter exchange for APDL without losing access into a transplant kidney. BackTable Vascular and Interventional

An absolute must read for EVERYONE.

Specialists rated their understanding of IR as 7.3% poor and 49.8% adequate. The least selected conditions treated by IR were infertility, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and bone cancer—target areas for growth! jvir.org/article/S1051-… JVIR CVIR Journal USC UW Radiology

This is what we are building ⁦Radiology One⁩ Thanks to ⁦Radiology Business⁩ for the write up. Radiologists aim to ‘take back the profession from Wall Street’ with launch of new private practice. radiologybusiness.com/topics/healthc…

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They called us the plumbers of medicine. Now we’re treating arthritis—with catheters. Knees. Shoulders. Elbows. And we are just getting started. #VIRad #GAE #MSKembolization

antibubble Eric Schoen, MD You have demonstrated that you do not understand how this works, so I will demonstrate this for you and anyone who wants to read this: When CMS creates the fee schedule, there are 3 components to each code: -wRVU -peRVU -mpRVU Additionally, each code has a facility payment