Ben White

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

They used to say academics was less production/pay and private practice was high stress/high comp. Perhaps counterintuitively, strong private practice in the face of the labor shortage is one of the factors driving up academic compensation. The post The Academic Radiology Salary Gap first appeared on Ben White.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Physicians in teaching settings reported higher monthly reading volumes alongside heavier demands for nonclinical work, according to new survey data.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 7, 2024

Ben White, MD, recently soft-launched the service on his blog , highlighting 10 private practices that are hiring around the U.S.

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Private Practice Radiologist 329

Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Ben White, MD, a Texas neuroradiologist and writer, recently posed the question on his blog and offered five possible reasons why life is hard for this model of care.

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Private Practice Radiologist 248

Radiology Business

APRIL 6, 2023

Meanwhile, about 27% of those surveyed said they feel professionally fulfilled, with exercise and healthy eating having an influence.

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Private Practice Radiology 246

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 14, 2025

Potential Impacts: Private practices under pressure: With hospitals consolidating imaging operations, private radiology groups risk losing valuable contracts. Practices that invest in the latest technology, foster workplace innovation, and prioritize patient care will emerge as leaders in the field.

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Radiology Private Practice Hospital Quality and Compliance 246

Radiology Business

JULY 13, 2023

Both are making ample use of advanced-practice providers to handle procedures and other billable work, with a few notable differences.

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Private Practice Interventional Radiology Radiology 243

Radiology Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Recently trained radiologists are likely to weigh this factor when considering which direction to take their careers, researchers wrote in JACR.

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Private Practice Radiologist 241

Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Docs in private practice earn median total compensation about 27% higher than academics in DR and 32% for IRs.

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Private Practice Radiologist 289

Radiology Business

JULY 13, 2023

Payment cuts in Medicare, rising costs and administrative burdens all are pushing providers to seek sales, the AMA said Wednesday.

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Private Practice Medicare Radiologist 246

Radiology Business

AUGUST 12, 2024

Reno Radiological Associates is on the hunt for someone to help "decompress" its on-site rads, but the private practice has struggled to find help in a hyper-competitive market.

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Private Practice Teleradiology Radiology IT 287

Radiology Business

MAY 8, 2024

Based in its namesake Wyoming community, the rural private practice is growing eastward, opening a new outpatient center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

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Private Practice Medical Imaging Medical Radiology 276

Radiology Business

JUNE 25, 2024

The private-practice coalition Strategic Radiology, aka “SR,” has added Arkansas to the 30 or so states in which its 1,700+ radiologists operate.

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Private Practice IT Radiologist Radiology 275

Radiology Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Demand is growing for the modality, but provider groups, particularly those in private practice, have struggled to meet state regulatory requirements.

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Private Practice Imaging 260

Radiology Business

MAY 15, 2024

The private practice is partnering with Ezra to add the examination at its freestanding network of imaging centers in central and northern New Jersey.

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Private Practice MRI Radiology IT 262

Radiology Business

AUGUST 21, 2024

Founded in 1943, the private practice has a network of 16 diagnostic imaging facilities overseen by its staff of "deeply" subspecialized radiologists.

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Private Practice Medical Imaging IT Medical 259

Radiology Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The 65-year-old, New Jersey-based private practice now has about a dozen locations, with the latest in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

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Private Practice Radiology 256

Radiology Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Southtowns Radiology said the deal will allow for expansion on the outpatient side while also letting it retain autonomy to operate its private practice.

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Private Practice IT Radiology Imaging 275

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

"If private practices don't thrive and don't survive, then everyone has to become an employee at some point, and the leverage we have and negotiating power of radiologists goes away." Whether a result of retirements, wanting all remote work following the COVID pandemic, or both, rebuilding the practice has proven too difficult.

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Private Practice Radiology Radiologist Medicare 286

RadsResident

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Residents can now experience what it is like to work as a trainee in private practice, a practice with radiologists directly hired by a hospital, and an academic hospital, all under the roof of one residency program. Private Practice Experience Welcome to our world. And that decision can be challenging.

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Private Practice Hospital Radiology Radiologist 100

vRad

MARCH 22, 2024

After residency, I was full of energy and had a solid plan: I’d work in private practice and take on a part-time job in teleradiology. With my goal accomplished I left vRad behind to focus on my private radiology practice. At the time, vRad was great but in my mind, it was a means to an end—paying off my student loans.

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Private Practice Teleradiology Radiology IT 92

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Private equity ownership has been much talked about over the past few years for its role in changing the private practice landscape. However, private equity ownership accounts for only about 10% of the radiology market year over year, explained Eric Rubin, MD, who led the panel discussion.

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Private Practice Radiology Radiologist Radiology Marketing 263

Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

private practice provides 24/7 support to to six hospitals and three health systems. Founded in 1968, the Huntington, W.V.,

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Private Practice Radiology Hospital 205

vRad

MAY 16, 2024

Leaving private practice is hard. As vRad’s Medical Director, I interview radiologists every day who are wrestling with that difficult decision. Even in the face of exhaustion and burnout, they run up against loyalty to their colleagues. Others worry about the impact of unwinding their current financial entanglements.

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Private Practice Teleradiology Radiology Radiologist 81

Ben White

JANUARY 22, 2025

The answer I’ve always said is it probably depends.

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Radiology Private Practice Hospital Teleradiology 147

Ben White

AUGUST 16, 2024

There are thousands of rad jobs available in the country and more work than the field can handle, but only a fraction of those positions are at independent radiologist-owned and controlled private practices. Not everyone needs or wants to work in private practice, and of course that’s fine. From the “Why?”

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Private Practice Radiology Radiologist IT 173

Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Medality (formerly MRI Online) boasts over 150 clients across 100 countries including private practices, academic programs and hospital radiology departments.

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Private Practice Education Radiology Hospital 170

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The team reported the following findings as indicated by respondents: In academic practices, 72% of clinical time was spent in pediatrics compared to 16% in hospital/systems, 5% in private practice, and 4% teleradiology. Academic practices accounted for 56% of settings hiring pediatric radiologists, the team reported.

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Radiology Private Practice Fluoroscopy Radiologist 278

Radiology Business Solutions

MAY 11, 2021

Daniel Corbett, Chief of Business Development – Radiology Business Solutions, LLC Ownership Considerations in Radiology Practices So, you’re considering joining a new private practice group, either straight out of fellowship or as a lateral move from your current practice.

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Private Practice Radiology 52

Radiology Business

OCTOBER 16, 2024

State authorities recently gave the 75-year-old private practice the go-ahead to purchase an MRI scanner for its imaging center in Clayton, North Carolina.

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Private Practice Radiology MRI IT 130

Ben White

JANUARY 5, 2024

I don’t see how one can justify allowing Radiology Partners to disingenuously call itself an “independent private practice” on its job postings (other than by just acknowledging the financial conflict that RP is probably the job forum’s largest customer by a wide margin).

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Private Practice Radiology Teleradiology Hospital 182

Ben White

MAY 20, 2024

Yes, I’ve started the process of creating a small dedicated job board just for independent radiologist-owned private practices. Not a banner ad (and no images), but starting on June 1st, there will be a single monthly post featuring a limited number of true radiology private practices.

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Private Practice Radiologist Radiology IT 130

Ben White

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Sign up now to receive monthly job updates from the world of private practice radiology. Add this to the list of things that I should have had ready for launch day back in August: the Independent Radiology Newsletter. The post IndyRad Newsletter first appeared on Ben White.

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Private Practice Radiology 130

Health Imaging

MARCH 1, 2024

The chain of imaging centers was given a private practice exemption in Arizona, but it includes more than 60 different facilities.

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Private Practice Imaging IT 130

Ben White

DECEMBER 9, 2024

I started Independent Radiology –a job board exclusively dedicated to featuring physician-owned private practices–on August 14. This past weekend we hit a major milestone I wouldn’t have predicted: 100 groups advertising their openings. The level of group and user engagement has been great to see.

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Private Practice Radiology 130

Radiology Business

APRIL 6, 2023

“Many private practice physicians and providers that I know are operating on smaller and smaller margins due to cuts in reimbursements," said radiologist Andrew Kayes, MD.

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Private Practice Radiologist 130

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The cooperation aims to improve cardiology practices by supplying advanced imaging technology and software to streamline the adoption of cardiac PET/CT imaging. Upbeat Cardiology Solutions offers an end-to-end approach for private practices transitioning to cardiac PET-CT imaging.

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Private Practice Imaging IT 130