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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Bob. I should have clarified, I’m at the rare institution that apparently has slots available. We have a new therapy physics residency that opened about a year ago and is getting CMS reimbursement. I’m just wondering if anyone has
encountered any issues I should be aware of relating to diagnostic physics specifically.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#639044;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Stephanie M. Leon, PhD, DABR, DABSNM</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#78BE20;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00664F;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Chief of Diagnostic Medical Physics<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00664F;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Tel (603) 650-3796<br>
Dartmouth-Health.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bob Pizzutiello <bobpizz55@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 21, 2025 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stephanie M. Leon <Stephanie.M.Leon@hitchcock.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] Diagnostic physics residency CMS reimbursement **EXTERNAL**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">This issue has been discussed in years past. The bottom line was that institutions have a maximum number of residency slots for which CMS will reimburse them, and
they are more than filled with MD residencies. No institution was open to asking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This issue has been discussed in years past. The bottom line was that institutions have a maximum number of residency slots for which CMS will reimburse them, and they are more than filled with MD residencies. No institution was open to
asking for more slots for us.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know if that is still the case. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Hi all, If any program directors out there have used (or tried to use!) CMS reimbursement for a diagnostic physics residency, can you please reach out to me? I'd
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If any program directors out there have used (or tried to use!) CMS reimbursement for a diagnostic physics residency, can you please reach out to me? I'd like to hear your experiences.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#639044">Stephanie M. Leon, PhD, DABR, DABSNM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00664F">Tel (603) 650-3796<br>
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