out.of.the.basement / radiation.medicine

By Jason Beckta, MD, PhD

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A sprawling mix of real-world education, armchair journalism, and scientific exploration, all anchored in Radiation Medicine. The Establishment has locked information behind Towering Ivory Walls: consider us Nuclear Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor; gadflies forcing radioactive truth into the spotlight. Out of the Basement is produced by Photon Media, a project from the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Cold Light Legacy. Of course, none of this is medical, legal, or financial advice. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radmed/support

Episode Date
Those "negative" randomized control trials everyone likes to cite and say "LDRT doesn't work" are really, really bad (Radiotherapy for Arthritis: The Miniseries)
Apr 16, 2024
Who watches the watchers? The April 2024 town hall on Radiation Oncology's white whale: SUPERVISION
Apr 15, 2024
LDRT Coding and Billing (Radiotherapy for Arthritis: The Miniseries)
Apr 08, 2024
How to Get Your First Patient, Setup, and Treatment Planning (Radiotherapy for Arthritis: The Miniseries)
Apr 04, 2024
Radiophobia and Secondary Malignancy (Radiotherapy for Arthritis: The Miniseries)
Mar 21, 2024
LDRT Predates the Airplane (Radiotherapy for Arthritis: The Miniseries)
Mar 18, 2024
Coalition of the Willing - ROCR, Bacon, Eggs, and Freud's nephew.
Jan 15, 2024
Frame 122: evidence-based medicine and other fairy tales I used to believe in. Can I buy magic beans with Venmo?
Jan 01, 2024
The Trilogy of Radiation Supervision: Welcome to Modernity
Dec 05, 2023
Supervision Strikes Back: Target Tumors, Not Yourself (and other scare tactics).
Nov 28, 2023
I want to speak to your direct supervisor! Not your general supervisor! Wait...there's a difference?
Nov 26, 2023
Small Market, Big Heart: Considering the Radiation Medicine Maldistribution Problem.
Nov 22, 2023
Towards a shared history: Simone's Maxims for (academic) medicine.
Nov 06, 2023
Cognitive Dissonance in Radiation Oncology: ERAS-tional emergent properties of a complex system.
Oct 30, 2023
Conflicts on Conflicts on Conflicts on Conflicts - The Final 15
Oct 16, 2023
Conflicts of Interest: 21C, Humana, DOJ, HHS, Abandoned Patents, GenesisCare, Accuray, Expert Testimony, Antitrust Immunity, ASTRO and...ROCR.
Oct 16, 2023
Chicken Little Strikes Back: only 16% of graduating Radiation Oncologists think the job market is bad?
Oct 01, 2023
ASTRO to Biden: "we're incentivizing shortening the overall duration of therapy...because it's easier to stay away from home for a week than it is for 8 weeks."
Sep 08, 2023
Bill of Health: is ROCR a Legislation Lifeline or Liability?
Jul 22, 2023
The Code Bundling Conundrum: A Medicare Misadventure (starring 77301, ASTRO, AMAC, public record emails, conspiracy theories, and copy/paste)
Jul 17, 2023
RVU-U: Private Practice Physician Primer - what the heck is a W2 employee? Or a professional services agreement? Academic satellite?
Jul 14, 2023
RVU-U: What are these "wRVU targets" or "average RVU" things I keep hearing about?
Jul 07, 2023
Reflections on ROCR as a doctor: these are some ASTROnomical predictions
Jun 29, 2023
Answering the Answering Call: RVU-U and Radiopharmaceuticals
Jun 25, 2023
RVU-U: "On beam" overview
Jun 24, 2023
The syllogism of supply/demand economics in Radiation Oncology, historical patterns of care studies, # of linacs in America, "big mood"
Apr 12, 2023
History of RadOnc: what do people mean when they talk about the "2018 exams"?
Mar 19, 2023
Season 2: RadOnc Workforce - "Economic Modeling Strikes Back"
Mar 12, 2023
#12: ASTRO '22 workforce interim analysis "hot take" - armchair healthcare economics.
Oct 24, 2022
#11: Secrets of the physician job interview...ASTRO speed dating and the hidden curriculum.
Oct 16, 2022
#10: BEAM-IT...a new way to write outpatient notes. All aboard the learning train with CPT codes, E&M documentation, time-based billing, wRVUs - nonstop fun!
Oct 14, 2022
#9: The mystery of how doctors get paid, cracking the code of the "RVU", and the start of the MBA series (Medicine Business Acumen...or Anguish)
Oct 06, 2022
#8: Why did low-dose radiation therapy for arthritis disappear in America? Scientific careers, Nobel prizes, Rockefeller, Eisenhower, and egos.
Sep 19, 2022
#7: Exposing the Lotion Conspiracy - Myths of Radiation Medicine
Sep 15, 2022
#6: How can you start doing low-dose radiotherapy for arthritis in your practice?
Sep 09, 2022
#5: IGRT and me; part three.
Sep 01, 2022
#4: You think you know IGRT, but you have no idea [IGRT choices/part two].
Aug 27, 2022
#3: I bet no one taught you IGRT in residency [IGRT choices/part one].
Aug 18, 2022
#2: RadOnc job secrets; doctor contracts; (linear) accelerate your life [part two].
Aug 10, 2022
#1: What are the secrets of the elusive "RadOnc job"; contracts; work; and life [part one].
Jul 29, 2022