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Sixty percent of the time, the things I try work every time. Radiation oncologist. Thaumaturgist. Todd Scarbrough is an anagram for 'doc brought rads.'
Sep 26, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read
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This is the Part B list for amounts paid per specialty/entity I cobbled together.
gofile.io/d/FTvBPx
Caveats, obv. Medicare covers older people. Each entity sees different age range of people. So in no way does this reflect total costs. 2/
And rad onc would tend to have more CMS patients than some other entities. Etc etc. And there’s a lot I don’t understand. And I am not a healthcare cost expert. Anyways…
Sep 26, 2020 16 tweets 4 min read
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In Regards to Rad Onc APM #radonc #roapm #ASTRO
Why it seems to be financial pyrite… Here’s why… 2/
I went to the CMS website and downloaded each year’s data for each specialty, starting in 2008, all the way to the most recent year’s data, 2018. I’d been wanting to do this for a long time. This is Part B only.
cms.gov/Research-Stati…
Jul 29, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
Movies or TV where radiation or radiation therapy/#radonc play some sort of significant role. An attempt at an inclusive list. NB: Hulk or Godzilla don't make this list.
1) Radioactive (2020)
2) Chernobyl HBO miniseries
3) Silkwood (1983)
4) The Doctor (1991) 5) Breaking Bad
6) Madame Curie (1943)
7) The Day After (1983)
8) Threads (1984)