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Imaging Under Attack: Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
The latest on ACR efforts to counter drastic Medicare imaging cuts.

1/9/2006 - Effective immediately, JCAHO has approved interim provisions for Medication Management Standard 4.10 (Element of Performance 1) for critical access hospitals and hospitals. More

1/9/2006 - Omniscan Safety Update More

12/12/2006 - ACR to Continue to Press for Appropriate Medicare Imaging Reimbursement More

• CMS FY 2009 IPPS Final Rule — “Stark” Changes to Self-Referral
• Congress Overrides President’s Veto of Medicare Legislation, ACR Backed Imaging Standards
• ACR Urges Senators to Override Threatened Presidential Veto of Medicare Bill
• ACR Applauds Congress for Passing the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
• Update on Legislation to Avert July 1 10.6 Percent Physician Pay Cut
• Q & A for ACR Members Regarding the Current Medicare Legislation
• Negotiations Continue After Motion to Vote on Medicare Legislation Fails
• Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2008 Introduced in House
• CMS to Implement 10.6 Percent Cut in Physician Payment as of July 1
• Highlights of the Administration’s Medicare Budget Proposals for Fiscal Year 2009
• Presidential Candidate Health Plans: Exactly Where Do They Stand?
• House Bill Would Mandate Medicare Coverage for CT Colonography
• President Signs Medicare, SCHIP Extension Bill: Further Imaging Cuts Avoided
• ACR Breaks Down Inspector General Report: Growth in Advanced Imaging Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
• From ACR Chair Moore: On the Eve of More Imaging Cuts, Radiology Can Determine its Fate
• Thirty Senators to Finance Committee: No More Imaging Cuts

• Clock Winding Down on Medicare Legislation in 2007
• Maryland Court Upholds Regulatory Board Ruling on Self-Referral Law
• Bush Vetoes SCHIP Bill
• House Passes Children’s Health Bill With No Medicare Provisions or Imaging Cuts
• U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Calls for DRA Moratorium on House Floor
• Senator Clinton to Support Moratorium on DRA Imaging Cuts
• Statement of Rep. Joe Pitts on Congress' Failure to Act on DRA Cuts
• NRC Commissioner Letters of Resignation
• 12/8/2006 - Congress Fails to Act on DRA Cuts
• 12/5/2006 - Tell Your Congressional Members to Delay the DRA Imaging Cuts Before Congress Adjourns
• 12/11/2006 - HR 5704 Sponsor Scolds House Colleagues for Failure to Act on DRA Cuts
• 11/20/2006 - Congress Recesses Again Without Addressing DRA Imaging Reimbursement Cuts
• 11/13/2006 - 2006 Election Summary
• 11/09/2006 - 2006 Congressional Election Results will not Change ACR Pursuit of DRA Delay
• 11/08/2006 - ACR Update on State Elections
• ACR Urges Sen. Mikulski and Congress to Address Mammography Access, Reauthorize MQSA