American College of Radiology

  • ACR Chief Information Officer at FDA and FCC Discussion: Imaging is an Important mHealth Consideration
    ACR News
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a public meeting on July 26-27 to discuss enhanced coordination between the agencies for future mobile/wireless broadband (mHealth) medical devices and applications. Michael Tilkin, ACR Chief Information Officer and staff liaison to the ACR IT & Informatics Committee, was invited to participate in a roundtable discussion at the meeting.
  • Download the Summer Edition of The Scan - Customizable Patient Newsletter!
    ACR Daily News Scan
    The Summer edition of The Scan – customizable patient newsletter is here! Make this quarterly, 2-page, 4-color patient-centered newsletter available in your waiting room or mail directly to your patients!
  • CMS Solicits Proposals for ACR-Backed Provision
    ACR News
    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it is soliciting proposals for participation in the Medicare Imaging Demonstration (MID).
  • Two ACR Members Appointed to Nuclear Regulatory Commissions ACMUI
    ACR News
    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced the appointment of two ACR members to serve on its Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). Christopher J Palestro, MD, member of ACR’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and Musculoskeletal Panel, was appointed to replace retiring member Douglas F Eggli, MD, as the Committee’s Nuclear Medicine Physician. Milton (Mickey) Guiberteau, MD, FACR, former President of the College and former Chair of ACR’s Nuclear Medicine Commission, was selected to fill a newly-created diagnostic radiologist position on ACMUI.
  • Physician Supervision Policy Updated by the 2011 HOPPS Proposed Rule
    ACR News
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided clarification of the term “direct supervision” in the 2011 HOPPS proposed rule.
  • Meaningful Use/EHR Final Rules Released
    ACR News
    On July 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) released final rules implementing Stage 1 of the Medicare/Medicaid incentive program for meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. Both final rules will be published in the July 28 Federal Register and the ACR will post regulatory summaries on its website in the near future.
  • CMS Releases Quality of Care Data for Hospitals Participating in HOP QDRP
    ACR News
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released quality of care data for hospitals participating in the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program (HOP QDRP). This data is posted on the Hospital Compare website.
  • Accreditation Update: No Fee Increase!
    Effective July 1, 2010, as a result of the technical improvements and increased efficiencies we’ve achieved for the ACR Gold Standard process of accreditation, we have determined that it is not necessary to implement the previously announced fee increases.
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Revised and Content Added for 2010
    ACR News Release
    The American College of Radiology (ACR) updated more than 30 criteria, added an additional five topics, and revised relative radiation level categories for diagnostic imaging exams in the latest version of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria® — evidence-based guidelines to help health care providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam for a patient’s given clinical condition.
  • ACRIVS Website Updated
    The ACRIVS website has recently been updated to highlight efforts of the ACR Foundation Committee and other members in bringing radiology to developing countries.
  • CMS Releases 2011 HOPPS Proposed Rule
    Medicare beneficiaries would see a decline in their out-of-pocket costs for services they receive in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) in calendar year (CY) 2011 under provisions in a proposed rule issued today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The proposed rule implements changes required by the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
  • CMS to Review PECOS Enrollment Process
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) will not to implement the regulation that allows them to deny claims that are ordered or referred by providers that have not yet enrolled in the PECOS system.
  • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2011 Proposed Rule Summary
    ACR Daily News Scan
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule on June 25. There are some aspects of the rule that CMS is proposing to implement in 2011 that will have an impact on radiology practices.
  • ACR, SCBTMR Statement on Recent NEJM Article on CT Scan Safety
    ACR News Release
    Direct FDA jurisdiction over how CT scanners are used as suggested recently by an article published online in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), is likely a logistical impossibility. The government should simply require that imaging providers adhere to existing, previously voluntary, programs that the ACR and other imaging stakeholders already have in place.
  • Members Can Gain From United Health Group Settlement
    ACR News
    Have you served in the last 15 years as an out-of-network physician for patients with United Health Group insurance? If so, then you may benefit from United’s recent settlements of a state investigation into its out-of-network reimbursement practices.
  • President Signs Bill to Increase Medicare Physician Payment Rates Through November 2010
    ACR News
    On June 25, 2010, President Obama signed into law the “Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010.” This law establishes a 2.2 percent update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) payment rates retroactive from June 1 through Nov. 30, 2010.
  • ACR Member First Radiologist Appointed White House Fellow
    ACR Press Release
    Pat Basu, MD, MBA, attending radiologist at Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Hospital, has received a Presidential appointment as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the President.
  • Senate Passes Physician Payment Fix
    On June 18, the Senate passed the “Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010,” which provides a 2.2 percent Medicare physician payment update for six months, from June 1 through November 30, 2010, in lieu of the scheduled 21 percent across the board cut.
  • Save the Date: ACRIN 2010 Annual Meeting, Sept. 29 – Oct. 1
    ACR News
    Please plan to attend this year’s ACRIN Annual Meeting to be held in Arlington, VA, at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City. All ACR members are welcome to attend the meeting which will feature presentations on ACRIN research results, special topics on new imaging methods and research, and governmental policies affecting clinical trials.
  • ACR Leads Effort to Prevent Weakening of AMA Stance on Screening Mammography
    ACR Daily News Scan
    ACR delegates led a successful effort to keep the AMA House of Delegates from weakening its guidelines on mammography screening today. As a result of ACR’s actions, the AMA will continue to support American Cancer Society, American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and ACR guidelines which direct women to start receiving annual mammograms at the age of 40. Also included in the resolution was a provision that calls for the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) to include expert representation on its guidelines panels as well as making the USPSTF process more transparent.
  • ACR Launches American Institute for Radiologic Pathology
    ACR Daily News Scan
    The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP), which will provide a four-week Radiologic-Pathology Correlation Course, given five times per year, beginning in January 2011.
  • CMS Finalizes National Coverage Determination on MRA
    ACR Daily News Scan
    With ACR support, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially removed the national noncoverage determination of Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) and will now permit local Medicare contractors to cover (or not cover) all indications of MRA (and MRI) that are not specifically nationally covered or nationally non-covered.
  • ACR Calls on Congress to Pass the Virtual Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2010
    ACR Daily News Scan
    The American College of Radiology (ACR) strongly supports, and urges Congress to pass, the Virtual Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2010 (H.R. 5461) which would require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide coverage of screening computed tomography colonography (CTC), commonly known as a virtual colonoscopy, to Medicare beneficiaries.
  • Physician Groups File Lawsuit Against FTC Red Flags Rule
    ACR Daily News Scan
    According to a news release issued by the American Medical Association (AMA), on May 21, the AMA, American Osteopathic Association and the Medical Society of the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from extending the “red flags” rule on identity theft to physicians. The current date for the Rule’s enforcement is June 1, 2010.
  • ACR Manual on Contrast Media, Version 7 Now Available on the ACR Website
    ACR Daily News Scan
    Developed by the ACR Committee on Drugs and Contrast Media, the ACR Manual on Contrast Media, Version 7, contains the most current information to guide radiologists to safely and effectively use contrast media in daily medical practice.

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