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Medicare had been cutting radiology reimbursements for a while, to the point radiology had almost a 100 unfilled residency spots in the us a few years ago. Rad
by naveen99 6y ago
Medicare had been cutting radiology reimbursements for a while, to the point radiology had almost a 100 unfilled residency spots in the us a few years ago. Radiologists are being paid the bottom of market clearing rates. You pay them much less than what they make now, and you will have a severe shortage quickly.
- PhantomGremlin 6y agoIt makes utterly no sense to become a radiologist in the USA. Of all the specialties, it's one of the easiest to "offshore". Just send the data to Elbonia and have someone there examine it. There was a company hyped on Wall Street doing this a number of years ago, but my Google skills are lacking and I can't seem to find it any more. IIRC they were sending the data to civilized countries such as New Zealand (great for time shifting if for nothing else). So maybe they just weren't competitive with Elbonia. Here's a similar comment someone made on HN a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23882138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23882138 Here's the first Google hit on "remote radiology": https://argusrad.com/8-remote-radiology-benefits/ https://argusrad.com/8-remote-radiology-benefits/ 8 Benefits of Remote Radiology includes: REDUCES COST NO SHORTAGE OF RADIOLIGISTS Why waste years specializing when some "scab" can undercut you? Welcome to the global race to the bottom!
- naveen99 6y agoIntellectual curiosity, wanting to improve the standard of health care... Why learn relativity and quantum mechanics when some one can undercut you ? there just aren’t that many people willing and capable.