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Dhruv Chopra

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The Radiology Report Podcast

James Beshara

Johan Ekelund

Steven Williams

Marc Lewis

Eric Adams

William Clark

Andrea Rosen

Rob Fitzpatrick

James Cooper

Cassandra Jenkins

Alex Klein

Gary Chou

Daniel Pianko

Leith Stevens

Nina Roberts

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Ted Wen

In this episode, co-hosts Drs. Ally Baheti and Mike Barraza interview Dr. Ted Wen of Texas Radiology Associates and Dhruv Chopra of Collaborative Imaging about perspectives and helpful technology when managing an independent radiology practice.---CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORRADPAD® Radiation Protectionhttps://www.radpad.com/---SHOW NOTESDr. Wen shares reasons why he and his colleagues chose to keep their practice independent. The fast-growing group spent eight years doing due diligence about private equity (PE) to decide if that was the right model for them. Dr. Wen met with PE firms around the country to explore the process of transitioning into PE practice ownership and its implications for current colleagues and future physician hires. Selling to PE would disproportionately benefit senior partners, who were ready to be bought out, over junior partners who would not qualify for the same deal. Additionally PE management could have the power to raise minimum RVU requirements and enforce highly restrictive noncompetes. Texas Radiology Associates ultimately decided that in order to compete in the radiology marketplace as an independent practice, they needed to make significant investments in technology to better serve their patients. They started to connect with Collaborative Imaging to pursue this mission.Dhruv notes that PE has the potential to bring in financial support, strategic relationships, and pathways to growth, but he also warns the audience that not all PE contracts are transparent nor designed to benefit physicians. Workflow, staffing, and collaboration with referring doctors can be extremely difficult when firms value cost savings and RVUs over patient care. All of these stressors have negatively impacted the radiology burnout rate. Dhruv describes the start of Collaborative Imaging, in 2018, as an attempt to integrate a revenue cycle management (RCM) system with radiology workflow at Texas Radiology Associates. This provided a cost-efficient solution that frees up funds to invest in other areas of the practice. Collaborative Imaging is currently working on an AI-driven system to notify patients of actionable findings that come up in their imaging. They are also exploring technology that will adapt the style of radiology reports to different referrers’ preferences.Both guests discuss the common inefficiencies that independent radiology practices face, including RCM, clarification over patients’ payment plans, and office wait times. Collaborative Imaging is working with practices around the country to build solutions. Radiology groups can contribute a percentage of their revenue into Collaborative Imaging and receive dividends, or they can license the RCM solution.---RESOURCESEp. 277- Private Equity and the Radiology Job Environment with Dr. Ben White:https://www.backtable.com/shows/vi/podcasts/277/private-equity-the-radiology-job-environmentTexas Radiology Associates:https://texasradiology.com/Collaborative Imaging:https://collaborativeimaging.com/

In this episode, co-hosts Drs. Ally Baheti and Mike Barraza interview Dr. Ted Wen of Texas Radiology Associates and Dhruv Chopra of Collaborative Imaging about perspectives and helpful technology when managing an independent radiology practice. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR RADPAD® Radiation Protection<a href="https://www.radpad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.radpad.com/</a> --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Wen shares reasons why he and his colleagues chose to keep their practice independent. The fast-growing group spent eight years doing due diligence about private equity (PE) to decide if that was the right model for them. Dr. Wen met with PE firms around the country to explore the process of transitioning into PE practice ownership and its implications for current colleagues and future physician hires. Selling to PE would disproportionately benefit senior partners, who were ready to be bought out, over junior partners who would not qualify for the same deal. Additionally PE management could have the power to raise minimum RVU requirements and enforce highly restrictive noncompetes. Texas Radiology Associates ultimately decided that in order to compete in the radiology marketplace as an independent practice, they needed to make significant investments in technology to better serve their patients. They started to connect with Collaborative Imaging to pursue this mission. Dhruv notes that PE has the potential to bring in financial support, strategic relationships, and pathways to growth, but he also warns the audience that not all PE contracts are transparent nor designed to benefit physicians. Workflow, staffing, and collaboration with referring doctors can be extremely difficult when firms value cost savings and RVUs over patient care. All of these stressors have negatively impacted the radiology burnout rate. Dhruv describes the start of Collaborative Imaging, in 2018, as an attempt to integrate a revenue cycle management (RCM) system with radiology workflow at Texas Radiology Associates. This provided a cost-efficient solution that frees up funds to invest in other areas of the practice. Collaborative Imaging is currently working on an AI-driven system to notify patients of actionable findings that come up in their imaging. They are also exploring technology that will adapt the style of radiology reports to different referrers’ preferences. Both guests discuss the common inefficiencies that independent radiology practices face, including RCM, clarification over patients’ payment plans, and office wait times. Collaborative Imaging is working with practices around the country to build solutions. Radiology groups can contribute a percentage of their revenue into Collaborative Imaging and receive dividends, or they can license the RCM solution. --- RESOURCES Ep. 277- Private Equity and the Radiology Job Environment with Dr. Ben White:<a href="https://www.backtable.com/shows/vi/podcasts/277/private-equity-the-radiology-job-environment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.backtable.com/shows/vi/podcasts/277/private-equity-the-radiology-job-environment</a> Texas Radiology Associates:<a href="https://texasradiology.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://texasradiology.com/</a> Collaborative Imaging:<a href="https://collaborativeimaging.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collaborativeimaging.com/</a>

Ep. 347 Alternatives to Private Equity in Radiology- Staying Independent with Dr. Ted Wen and Dhruv Chopra

The numerous challenges facing venues of all shapes and sizes have been well documented over the past few years. So how do you go about creating a new place for arts and music in one of the world’s most competitive real estate markets?Dhruv Chopra is one of the three co-founders of Elsewhere, a 24,000 sq ft space in New York that opened at the end of 2017. After a childhood playing in a wide range of bands, Dhruv spent 5 years as an investment manager at Capricorn, before making the move to start his journey with Elsewhere.Listen on for Dhruv’s insights into fundraising, managing risk, making the most of data, and the 3 key pillars for local talent to thrive.Episode highlights:09:00 The start of Popgun promotions (now the in-house promotion team at Elsewhere)16:00 Taking Elsewhere from idea to opening night23:00 Utilising data and handling construction29:00 The logistics of operating a venue33:00 Being friends and founders42:00 The future of art and music spaces51:00 The 3 key pillars to support creative talent

The numerous challenges facing venues of all shapes and sizes have been well documented over the past few years. So how do you go about creating a new place for arts and music in one of the world’s most competitive real estate markets? Dhruv Chopra is one of the three co-founders of Elsewhere, a 24,000 sq ft space in New York that opened at the end of 2017. After a childhood playing in a wide range of bands, Dhruv spent 5 years as an investment manager at Capricorn, before making the move to start his journey with Elsewhere. Listen on for Dhruv’s insights into fundraising, managing risk, making the most of data, and the 3 key pillars for local talent to thrive. Episode highlights: 09:00 The start of Popgun promotions (now the in-house promotion team at Elsewhere) 16:00 Taking Elsewhere from idea to opening night 23:00 Utilising data and handling construction 29:00 The logistics of operating a venue 33:00 Being friends and founders 42:00 The future of art and music spaces 51:00 The 3 key pillars to support creative talent

Building, financing, and operating arts and music spaces with Dhruv Chopra

Dhruv Chopra talks with Bill about his interesting journey, from Bombay to Bushwick via Yale.  A musician and a social entrepreneur Dhruv is focused on building new sustainable cultural and economic modes and institutions - most recently as co-founder of Elsewhere the game changing cultural venue in Bushwick Brooklyn. He's active in urban and cultural  policy ideation in NYC and he's really just getting started. Dhruv shares his thoughts about inspiration, hard work and maintaining his positive attitude. www.elsewherebrooklyn.com

Dhruv Chopra talks with Bill about his interesting journey, from Bombay to Bushwick via Yale. A musician and a social entrepreneur Dhruv is focused on building new sustainable cultural and economic modes and institutions - most recently as co-founder of Elsewhere the game changing cultural venue in Bushwick Brooklyn. He's active in urban and cultural policy ideation in NYC and he's really just getting started. Dhruv shares his thoughts about inspiration, hard work and maintaining his positive attitude. <a href="http://www.elsewherebrooklyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.elsewherebrooklyn.com</a>

Dhruv Chopra - episode 9