Mammo benefits improve, but recruiting remains big challenge

September 8, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Mammo benefits improve, but recruiting remains big challenge Malpractice and reimbursement worries depress supply, as breast experts make up largest pool of vacancies in academic settings BY YOMI WRONG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's been a year since practice manager Lorna Vaughan took out an ad seeking a breast imager to work on the Jersey Shore. To her surprise, a "dream-come-true, fee-for-service, patient- focused, personal and compassionate practice with partnership and ownership opportunity" has been a hard sell. "We're a new company, so we are at our breaking point," Vaughan said of HerSpace Breast Imaging Associates, a spalike facility founded by Dr. Beth Deutch. "We can't accommodate any room for growth without adding another breast imager."

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