There’s a common first-things-first productivity parable about fitting rocks into a jar. Is it a lie?

There is an inherent tension in radiology between quality and speed. Obviously, there are faster radiologists and slower radiologists. And there are better radiologists and worse radiologists.

When structuring a radiology practice, department, workflow...what is “fair” and how do we achieve it?

"The revised system must shift its emphasis from compliance to meeting mission needs. This means power to make decisions must shift from compliance personnel to the people closest to the work."

- from "The How We Need Now" published by the Niskanen Center think tank.

"Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive."
-Former Intel CEO, Andy Grove

Some other choice quotes from his 2007 Esquire interview:

"If private practice is so great, why are so many groups struggling?"

Because it’s hard.

Especially amidst a labor shortage with shifting lifestyle & remote work demands on a background of consolidated health networks, payer shenanigans, and CMS cuts.

Added a listicle this week of miscellaneous advice for learning radiology to my previous series:

There was a story this past summer that I didn't write about on the blog: a completely new group formed to take back work from a reportedly unsatisfying private equity practice:

Aetna has followed UnitedHealthcare in suing Radiology Partners for alleged pass-through billing fraud and abuse of the No Surprises Act's independent dispute resolution (“IDR”) process. How many more of these are we going to see? What a mess.