According to a press release issued on July 22, NC DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler has named Drexdal Pratt the new Director of the Division of Health Services Regulation, effective August 1, 2010. For the past 12 years, Pratt has been the chief of the Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS). Jeff Hortonhas been the acting [...]

The American College of Radiation Oncology has a brief write-up on their site regarding the recent elimination of consultation fees for radiation oncology effective January 1, 2010. You can find their full summary here. Instead of billing for a yearly consultation, the radiation oncologist can now only bill for a new patient visit every three [...]

This week, a highly critical article on radiation therapy was published in the New York Times. The full text of the article can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/health/24radiation.html?pagewanted=all I have not seen a response yet from radiation oncology industry groups or equipment manufacturers yet, but would expect a statement will be forthcoming. document.getElementById(“post-798-blankimage”).onload();