Re:The A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be with You Soon
by nradov on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:48PM
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If a teaching hospital with an existing radiology residency program wanted to add one more spot, does the ABR have any power to stop them? If Medicare offered more funding to a teaching hospital to add more spots would the hospital turn it down?
Re:The A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be with You Soon
by seesthruya on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:31PM
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Basically, the ABR needs to approve a residency program for the residents that graduate from the program to be eligible to sit for the boards.
I don't think they would ever do it, but technically the ABR could stop them.
Re:The A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be with You Soon
by seesthruya on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:35PM
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IMHO the ABR isn't quite as powerful as you're indicating, but in general I agree.
For what it's worth, I started a new residency program to train more radiologist, so I do have some skin in the game.
The most powerful lobby in this case is the ABR which carefully constricts coveted residency spots in Radiology to create an artificial scarcity and keep up incomes. It is the opposite of, say, technology, where we have no gatekeeper and supply increases.
The ABR will say that Medicare doesnt fund enough residency spots, but all you need to do is look at an EoB and see that a week of residency billings covers the entire cost of the resident.