Please name and shame the “academic” that tried to bully you. Presumably this is from the mednet post? There is some funny business going on with that community.
I’d like to pretend to be baffled why they would be so offended to actually write you an email and imply that you’re a snake oil salesmen. But I know exactly why. Academia is rife with elitists and socialists. This creates fragile, insecure bullies. They feel like the private practice of their so-prestigious field cheapens it especially when a profit is made independently and not redistributed in the system “to ensure equity” as one chair put it to me when I tried to negotiate an eat-what-you-kill RVU contract.
There is nothing wrong selling an effective service that helps people. In fact, it’s ethical. The real “scam” is the proton machine I guarantee you that academic has a few meters away from his desk.
The real real question is.. how many patients on treatment does it take before it makes sense to set up old 6MV machines and go gonzo at 0.5/Gy x 6 fractions x X# patients = $? And, can the whole shebang be supervised by an NP/PA under the NCD guidelines? Methinks so.
Please name and shame the “academic” that tried to bully you. Presumably this is from the mednet post? There is some funny business going on with that community.
I’d like to pretend to be baffled why they would be so offended to actually write you an email and imply that you’re a snake oil salesmen. But I know exactly why. Academia is rife with elitists and socialists. This creates fragile, insecure bullies. They feel like the private practice of their so-prestigious field cheapens it especially when a profit is made independently and not redistributed in the system “to ensure equity” as one chair put it to me when I tried to negotiate an eat-what-you-kill RVU contract.
There is nothing wrong selling an effective service that helps people. In fact, it’s ethical. The real “scam” is the proton machine I guarantee you that academic has a few meters away from his desk.
The real real question is.. how many patients on treatment does it take before it makes sense to set up old 6MV machines and go gonzo at 0.5/Gy x 6 fractions x X# patients = $? And, can the whole shebang be supervised by an NP/PA under the NCD guidelines? Methinks so.