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();