ACR 2015™ Mobile App Keeps Radiology Professionals Up to Date and On the Go
By downloading the ACR 2015™ Annual Meeting App, radiology professionals can access up-to-the-minute ACR 2015 information – including CME session details, featured faculty and exclusive offers. The ACR 2015 App also alerts users when new information is released and provides exclusive access to cutting-edge educational content.
“The ACR 2015 App empowers busy radiology professionals to get the latest meeting information, personalize their itinerary, find the right restaurant and make the most of Washington in the springtime – all from their mobile phone or tablet,” said Shawn Teague, MD, FACR,...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ACR 2015™ Attendees to Gain Real-World Advocacy Skills to Strengthen Their Practice and Profession
Radiology professionals attending ACR 2015™ will learn how to advocate for their practices, profession and patients at every level of government and use those skills in an exclusive Capitol Hill visit with their members of Congress.
“With healthcare delivery and payment evolving, effective advocacy for our practice, profession and patients has never been more vital. ACR 2015 is a “don’t miss” opportunity for radiology professionals to learn important advocacy skills and use them to help shape the forces impacting their future,” said Bibb Allen Jr., MD, FACR, chair of the ACR Board of ...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
CMS Approves ACR Lung Cancer Screening Registry
Providers can now meet Medicare quality reporting requirements to receive payment for computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening by submitting data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-approved American College of Radiology (ACR) Lung Cancer Screening Registry™.
“The ACR Lung Cancer Screening Registry is ready to help providers quickly and efficiently meet Medicare reporting requirements and monitor and demonstrate the quality of CT lung cancer screening in their practice,” said Ella Kazerooni, MD, FACR, chair of the American College of Radiology Lung Cancer Screening Committee a...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Latest Version of ACR Appropriateness Criteria Covers More Variant Conditions Than Ever Before
New and updated American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria® now help healthcare providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam or radiation therapy for more than 1000 clinical indications. These continually updated criteria are a national standard developed by expert panels of physicians from many different medical specialties.
In the latest version, the ACR updated 19 appropriateness criteria topics and added eight new criteria that include: breast pain, occupational lung diseases and metastatic epidural spinal cord compression and recurrent spinal metastasis. A complete list of new c...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ACR 2015™ Highlights How Imaging Fits Into Next Generation Healthcare
Radiology professionals attending ACR 2015™ can learn how the evolution to "personalized and precision medicine" will affect radiology. The May 19 Moreton Lecture, presented by James H. Thrall, MD, FACR, will:
Outline progression of medical practice from intuitive medicine to evidence-based medicine to precision medicine
Identify key elements of precision medicine including precision imaging technology, precision communication, precision utilization and genomic precision
Explain the contributions that radiologists can make in the era of precision medicine
“Attendees will leave the Moreton Lecture...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
College Addresses Lung Cancer Screening Questions
With instructions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) possibly still months away, the American College of Radiology (ACR) offers the following answers to key questions about Medicare’s requirements, standards and reimbursement terms for low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening.
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Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ACR 2015™ to Feature CMS Deputy Administrator for Innovation & Quality at Economics Forum
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality and Chief Medical Officer, will address national health care changes that could affect radiology at the May 18 ACR 2015™ Economics Forum. The forum is part of the advocacy, economics and health policy sessions offered the College’s all-new, all radiology annual meeting, May 17-21 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC.
“We are proud to have Dr. Conway shed light on emerging national health care changes that may affect radiology. His presentation is part of the wealth of...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ACR 2015™ Quality and Safety Training Addresses Real-World Radiology Challenges
Quality and safety sessions at ACR 2015™ can help radiology professionals address hot-button issues — including radiation dose optimization, mammography value, quality metrics and pay-for-performance measures. Demonstrating quality is increasingly important as medicine transitions from volume to value-based care.
Quality and safety is a primary focus at The Crossroads — ACR 2015, the all-new American College of Radiology (ACR) annual meeting, May 17–21 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.
“The ACR 2015 quality and safety sessions provide practical, real-world examples to...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ACR and Alzheimer's Association Lead Trial to Inform Medicare Brain Amyloid Imaging Coverage
A new four-year research study, with an estimated budget of $100 million, was announced April 16 by the Alzheimer's Association and the American College of Radiology (ACR). The Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study will determine the clinical usefulness and value in diagnosing Alzheimer's and other dementias in certain situations of a brain positron emission tomography (PET) scan that detects a core feature of Alzheimer's disease.
The IDEAS Study will assess the impact of brain amyloid PET imaging on a variety of patient outcomes. The study protocol received approval with requirements by the Cente...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Medicare SGR Payment Policy Permanently Repealed
On Tuesday, April 14, the United States Senate passed by a 92-8 vote the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2), which permanently repeals the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and reforms the Medicare physician payment system. The legislation provides for an annual 0.5 percent physician payment update starting in July 2015 through 2019, and creates incentives for physicians to transition to value-based alternative payment models (APMs).
“Previous short-term SGR fixes have too often been paid for out of technical component reductions in diagnostic imaging. It is long past time to put some s...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
"Turnkey" ACR PQI Project Helps Demonstrate Value and Earn MOC Credit
Radiologists can earn American Board of Radiology Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit, engage referring physicians and demonstrate value in emerging health care delivery systems by using American College of Radiology (ACR) Value-Based Radiology Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) Project tools and resources.
"The all-member ACR PQI project is ‘turnkey.’ All the needed instructions, tools and interventions are readily available. You can implement and complete this PQI project much more efficiently than if you develop and run your own," said Max Wintermark, MD, chair of the American College of Radiology Va...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ACR 2015™ Attendees to Learn How Clinical Research Can Advance Patient Care and Their Practice
Radiology professionals attending ACR 2015™ clinical research sessions will learn how to participate in clinical trials, generate new revenue streams, and demonstrate value in new health care delivery and payment systems.
“ACR 2015 will help prepare radiology professionals to accurately budget and staff to leverage clinical research opportunities, record and report results, and implement practice quality improvement to deliver next-generation health care,” said Cheri Canon, MD, FACR, chair of the ACR 2015 Program Committee.
ACR 2015 Clinical Research Sessions Include:
Developing a New Revenu...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Unprecedented Response to Lung Cancer Screening Webinar
The American College of Radiology received an overwhelming response to its free webinar on lung cancer screening, supported by the Radiology Business Management Association and the Lung Cancer Alliance.
Over 1,000 attendees participated in the hour-long, online session. The webinar covered Medicare’s national coverage decision on lung cancer screening and the latest updates on payment policy by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and private payers. Speakers included Ella Kazerooni, MD, MS, FACR, practicing radiologist at the Department of Radiology at the University of Michigan Medical School / H...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
CMS Deems NRDR a Qualified Clinical Data Registry for 2015
Radiology professionals can continue to use the American College of Radiology (ACR) National Radiology Data Registry (NRDR™) to meet quality reporting requirements under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has renewed NRDR’s status as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR).
Eligible professionals can take part in NRDR to:
Meet PQRS requirements based on satisfactory QCDR participation
Submit data for 24 non-PQRS measures (in addition to 14 PQRS measures)
Have the opportunity to meet MOC practice quality improvement requirements
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Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
RLI Summit Keynote Address: Health 3.0 - Preserving Doctor-Patient Relationships in The High Tech Era
Best-selling author and patient-centered health care authority, Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, senior associate chair, Stanford University School of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address August 6 at the American College of Radiology’s Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Summit.
Verghese, the nationally best-selling author of Cutting for Stone, has published extensively in scientific literature, and is known for his New York Times articles "Treat the Patient, Not the CT Scan" and "Restoring the Lost Art of the Physical Exam", which coined the term "iPatient" for electronic health records. He has been elected...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
