June 9, 2006 - ACR Chapter Executive Update


June 9, 2006

For questions and responses contact:
Trina Zeberlein
ACR Office of Chapter and Volunteer Development
1891 Preston White Dr
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: (800) 227-5463, ext 4998
E-mail: tzeberlein@acr.org

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

AMCLC – Daily Wrap-Ups & Meeting Evaluation

The ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership took place in Washington, DC, May 20-25. For daily wrap-ups from the meeting visit the ACR Web site. You can also look forward to receiving the June issue of the ACR Bulletin, which will include more detailed summaries from the meeting.You can also look forward to receiving the June issue of the ACR Bulletin, which will include more detailed summaries from the meeting.

If you attended the meeting please click here to complete the meeting evaluation form. Your responses are greatly appreciated and will help to plan and structure future ACR meetings.

Chapter Leaders’ Workshop & Breakfast – Evaluation Online

The Chapter Leaders' Workshop took place during the 2006 AMCLC. The workshop included presentations by Kevin O’Brien, MD, Jay Parikh, MD, and John Renz, MD, as well as a number of discussions on topics such as CME, Chapter Recognition, and ACR resources.

The Chapter Leaders’ Breakfast also took place during the annual meeting and featured Charles D. Williams, MD, and Ariel Gonzalez, ACR state legislative specialist. Williams addressed the radiologist assistant issue; Gonzalez supplemented this talk with information from the ACR’s Government Relations Department.

If you attended either of these events please click here to complete a brief evaluation form. We thank you in advance for completing the evaluation and providing us with information to use in planning future chapter events during the annual meeting.

For more information on the chapter events held during the AMCLC contact Trina Zeberlein at either tzeberlein@acr.org or (800) 227-5463, ext 4998.

Chapters Notified of Dropped Members

The ACR Membership Services Department has notified chapter presidents, secretaries, secretary/treasurers, membership chairs, dues money recipients, and executive directors/secretaries of chapter members whose memberships will be dropped in July for non-payment of 2006 dues. We encourage chapters to review this list and consider initiating a retention effort to get members to pay their dues and avoid being dropped.

If you have any questions about the list you received, or to request a copy of your chapter’s list, please contact the membership staff at membership@acr.org or (800) 347-7748.

Please Identify Your Chapter's CAC Representatives

Ninety percent of Medicare policies are established at the local level, providing Medicare carriers with tremendous authority over payment policy in a given state. To assist Medicare carriers in the development of local coverage decisions (LCDs), each state is required to have a carrier advisory committee (CAC), comprised of physicians from various specialties who serve as resources to their local Medicare carriers. Radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine each have seats on the CAC.

The ACR radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine CAC network representatives advocate on behalf of radiology and all radiology subspecialties for fair reimbursement policies at the local Medicare level.

Please click here to identify your states CAC representatives so that ACR staff can continue to work within this network to encourage communication and coordination among all radiology CAC representatives.

For more information regarding the ACR CAC Network contact Anita Pennington at apennington@acr.org or (800) 227-5463, ext. 4923.

Please Share with Your Members: Upcoming ACR Educational Course

Please consider sharing the following information with your members in any upcoming chapter communication.

  • Pay for Performance: Translating Quality into Economics Success

    The ACR, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, will present a panel of renowned experts who will discuss how improving the quality of your practice can translate in to superior service for both patients and payers. This course will be held August 24-26, 2006 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

    • For more information on this course visit the ACR Web site or contact Sarah Tate at state@acr.org or (800) 227-5463, ext. 4576.