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• JCAHO Approves Interim Provisions to Medication Management Standard 4.10
• Stark: No self-referral legislation on the horizon
• ACR 2007-2008 Election Results
• RTOG Presentations at ASTRO 2006
• ACR and SBI Not Participating in National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)
• CMS Proposed 2008 Rule Includes 9.9 Percent Across-the-Board Cut in Physician Payments, Narrows Self-Referral Loopholes
• ACR Requests Changes to Proposed 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
• Radiologist Assistant: State Action Update
• Omniscan Safety Update
• ACR Urges CMS to Change Proposed Rule for the 2008 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• Senator Clinton to Support Moratorium on DRA Imaging Cuts
• MedPAC Hints at Bundled Payments for Radiology and Other Services in Hospitals in 2008 Report to Congress
• Change in Appointment Date for New RRC Members
• Private Payers Incorrectly Utilize Local Medicare Fee Schedules Which Include Budget Neutrality and DRA Adjustments
• Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2008 Introduced in House
• Oregon Insurer Reinstates CAD for Mammography Coverage
• Update on NPI Implementation: CMS to Require NPI Number on Claim Forms for All Primary Fields, Effective Immediately
• Speakers Present Tools for Fairer Payment System
• Thorwarth Appointed Chair of AMA CPT Editorial Panel
• ACR Summary of Medicare Proposed HOPPS Changes for 2008
• Medicare Imaging Cuts Will Limit Patient Access to Care and Drive Qualified Physicians from Field
• ACR Backs Senate Bill to Protect Seniors' Access to Imaging Care
• ACR Argues for Appropriate, Quality Imaging to House Committee
• APC Updates Key to Ensuring Adequate Imaging Reimbursement
• ACR Paper: Radiation Oncology Work Force, Job Satisfaction Grow
• Moorefield Economics Fellowship, Call for Applications
• AMCLC Daily Wrap-Up: Monday, May 21, 2007
• Letter to Speaker Hastert to Reconsider Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• ACR Paper: Radiation Oncology Work Force, Job Satisfaction Grow
• Key ACR Strategies to Improving Your Practice's Bottom Line (Entire Presentation)
• ACR Urges Sen. Mikulski and Congress to Address Mammography Access, Reauthorize MQSA
• CMS Rescinds Severe New IDTF Implementation Guidelines (CR 5449)
• NOPR Reaches One-Year Milestone
• Jan. 27 Cardiac CT: Supervised Case Review Sells Out
• NIH Reauthorization Passed in Final Hours of 109th Congress
• ACR Breast Imaging Chair Featured in USA Today Article Regarding Mammography Access
• ACR Releases Updated MR Safety Guidelines
• Illinois Attorney General Targets Leasing Arrangements
• Help Us Build a Better Web site
• Cruea Named ARR Executive Director
• Last Chance to Comment on Draft Guidelines
• e-Seminar: The Deficit Reduction Act and Medicare’s Payment Policies for 2007
• Dr Moore Testimony to the Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee to Support HR 5704
• American College of Radiology Launches ACR Image Metrix™
• Congress Examines MedPAC Recommendations on Future of Physician Payments
• Deficit Reduction Act Webcast
• Deficit Reduction Act Reconsideration Letter to House Republicans
• Senate Democrats Unveil FY 08 Budget Resolution
• Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 – H.R. 1293
• Deficit Reduction Act Reconsideration Letter to House Leadership
• Coming Soon: ACR Online Application for Accreditation Programs
• ACRIN® Images Available on caBIG
• Make Plans to Attend Second Annual WCIO
• CMS to Host PQRI Conference Call
• CMS Releases 2007 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
• CMS Confirms Medicare Fee Schedule Errors; Corrections Planned
• MRI Doubles the Number of Cancers Detected in the Opposite Breast of Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
• ACR Supports AMA’s Physician Practice Information Survey
• APC Comments 100506 Final
• ACRIN Announces New Clinical Trial
• ACR Launches Cardiac MRI Accreditation Program
• ACRIN, RTOG Receive ASCO Honor
• ACR Helping to Bring Iraqi Radiologists to United States for Intensive 'Observerships'
• Mark April 9 Down for Earning CME Online
• ACRIN Presentations
• ACR Releases 2007 Education Calendar
• CMS Grants NPI Contingency Period
• Radiologists Unite to Fight Sagging Reimbursements
• ACR President Featured in LA Times Article on Baby Sent Through Airport X-Ray Machine
• ACR MPFS Comments with MPRVU Piece06 JP final
• ACRIN/RTOG Recruit Sites for First ACRIN Prospective Brain Imaging Trial
• JACR Receives Prestigious Recognition
• ACR Government Relations Director to Address Efforts to Counter DRA Imaging Cuts in Webcast
• ACR Council Adopts Revised Statement on the Interpretation of Radiology Images Outside of the United States
• What Is the RUC and Why Is It Important to Me as a Radiologist?
• Dodd and Fletcher Advocate “Team Approach” to Addressing Academic Radiology Crisis
• ACR Comment Letter to CMS on 2007 MFS Proposed Rule
• ACR Breast Imaging Co-Chair, Fellow, DMIST Trial Featured in Washington Post Article
• ACR Statement on NEJM Study Regarding CAD in Mammography
• ACR: Uninsured Inpatients Receive Fewer Higher-Value Radiology Services
• ACR Advocacy Update - December 20, 2006
• ACR Advocacy at Work
• New FAQs for ACR Breast Ultrasound Accreditation
• Obligations of the On-Call Radiologist
• Access to Medicare Imaging Act
• AMIC statement
• The Democrat Health Care Agenda—A Referendum on Affordability
• Radiation That Americans Receive From Medical Imaging Increases
• CMS Issues Educational Statement on DRA Imaging Cuts and Multiple Procedure Discount
• House Panel Examines Medicare Program Efficiency and Integrity
• 9/8/2006 - ACR Chair Featured in Charlotte Medical News Article
• 9/7/2006 - CMS to Place Hold on Claims September 22 – September 30
• AMA Consortium Draft Performance Measure Sets Available for Public Comment
• Bill to Increase Funding for Breast and Colorectal Cancer Research
• 9/6/2006 - Radiation Exposure Guidelines Should be Developed by Medical Organizations and Not Restrict Patient Access to Care
• 9/27/2006 - Norwalk Named Acting CMS Administrator
• Experimental Committee Focuses on Innovative Research
• NRC Issues Draft Rule on Byproduct Material
• 9/27/2006 - ACR Campus™ Women’s Center Now Open - OB/Ultrasound Lecture Series Goes Live
• 9/25/2006 - ACRIN Launches First Ops Tool Module
• ACRIN® Core Laboratories Provide Research Suppport
• President Bush’s FY 08 Budget Proposal Includes Medicare Payment Cuts
• Moran Report: Nearly Nine out of 10 Imaging Procedures Affected by DRA Cuts Would Be Reimbursed Below Cost of Providing the Exam
• 9/15/06 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act (HR 5704) Now Has More Than 100 Cosponsors
• ACR Named to Medical Imaging Top 10 for Medical Imaging Education
• 9/14/06 - Updated 2006 Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards Now Available Online
• 9/14/06 - OIG Spotlights Improper Payments for Outpatient Radiology Services
• 9/12/06 - The ACR Named Radiology’s Most Influential Entity by RT Image Magazine
• 9/11/2006 - Baton Rouge Advocate Article Highlights DRA Imaging Cuts’ Adverse Effects on Patient Care
• 9/1/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Chair Testifies at FDA Hearing on Impedance Devices
• 8/9/2006 - CMS Abandons Additional Contiguous Body Part Reimbursement Reduction
• 8/9/2006 - Bill to Correct Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Formula Introduced Into House
• 8/8/2006 - Registration Now Open for Cardiac Imaging Lecture Series - Intermediate
• 8/7/2006 - ACRIN Announces the Inaugural Jo-Ann D’Amato Award of Excellence
• 8/4/2006 - ACR Supports Senate Bill to Delay DRA Imaging Cuts Pending a GAO Study
• 8/29/2006 - ACR Calls for Passage of Access to Medicare Imaging Act in Scranton Times Article
• 8/29/2006 - ACR Call on Highmark for Single Interpreter of Cardiac CT and CTA Exams
• 8/25/2006 - ACR Task Force on Interventional Radiology White Paper Now Available Online
• 8/25/2006 - ACR Molecular Imaging Lecture Series Available Online
• 8/23/2006 - ACR Fellow, ACRIN Researcher Earns Ladies Home Journal Health Breakthrough Award
• 8/22/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Chair: Recent GAO Mammography Report a Wake up Call
• 8/2/2006 - Stroke and Stroke Rehabilitation Quality Measures Comment Period Begins
• 8/2/2006 - CMS Final Rule Sets Physician Self-Referral Exceptions for Electronic Prescribing, Electronic Health Records Technology
• 8/16/2006 - President Bush to Tab Niederhuber as NCI Director
• 8/16/2006 - CMS to Review Hospital Cost Reporting and Raise HOPPS Conversion Factor for 2007
• 8/11/2006 - ACR Ultrasound Chair Warns Against Fetal Keepsake Ultrasound in NJ Star-Ledger Article
• 8/10/2006 - New Jersey Medical Malpractice Premium Subsidy Fund Accepting Applications
• 7/7/2006 - ACR Campus™ Featured in Medical Imaging Magazine
• 7/4/2006 - ACR Chair Featured in UPI/Washington Times Article on Cancer Screening for Asymptomatic Patients
• 7/3/2006 - Latest ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Guidelines Facilitate Imaging Decisions
• 7/28/2006 - ACRIN Fall Meeting Registration and Details Now Available Online
• 7/26/2006 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act (HR 5704) Gains 18 More Cosponsors; Reaches 60
• 7/24/2006 - Webcast of Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Imaging Now Available Online
• 7/20/2006 - URGENT: Accreditation Reviewers Needed for MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, and PET
• 7/18/2006 - ACR Chair Urges Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee to Support HR 5704
• 7/14/2006 - ACRIN Digital Mammography Trial Featured in ABC News Article
• 7/12/2006 - ACR Releases White Paper on Split Interpretations
• 7/11/2006 - California Bill to Ban Leasing Deals Advances
• 6/9/2006 - MRI Contrast Agent Under Investigation
• 6/8/2006 - First ACRIN PET Study for Therapeutic Response Complete Accrual
• 6/7/2006 - ACR Campus™ Offers Unique Opportunity to Earn CME Online and on Your Schedule
• 6/5/2006 - ACR Chair Featured in Los Angeles Times Article
• 6/30/2006 - FDA Approves the ACR to Accredit General Electric Senographe Essential Full-Field Digital Mammography Units
• 6/29/2006 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act (HR 5704) Seeks Two Year Delay in Medicare Imaging Cuts
• 6/28/2006 - Keepsake Ultrasound Legislation Introduced Into New Jersey State Assembly
• 6/23/2006 - Humana Announces Revised Payment Policy
• 6/22/2006 - CMS to Use ACR Practice Expense Data: Proposed Rule Changes Mixed Bag for Radiology
• 6/16/2006 - King Named as Assistant Executive Director of ACR Philadelphia Office
• 5/9/2006 - Radiologists’ Support of ACRIN Fund Strong as AMCLC Approaches
• 5/8/2006 - Landmark Project Expands Medicare Coverage of Life-Saving PET Scans to Hundreds of Thousands of Americans
• 5/5/2006 - Radiologist assistant (RA) legislation passed both houses of the Florida legislature on May 2
• 5/5/2006 - ACR: California Legislature Should Ban Sale of Ultrasound Equipment to Fetal Keepsake Studios as Part of "Tom Cruise Ultrasound Bill"
• 5/30/2006 - National Oncologic PET Registry Launch Featured in Medical News Article
• 5/3/2006 - ACR Urges Members to Heed OIG Advisory Regarding Hospital Lease Arrangements
• 5/26/2006 - ACR President to Medical News: Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• 5/25/2006 - Van Moore Named Chair of the American College of Radiology
• 5/24/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Cochair Featured in Detroit Free Press Article on Declining Mammography Use
• 5/23/2006 - Inside CMS Article Highlights Growing Congressional Support for Review of Deficit Reduction Act Medical Imaging Cuts
• 5/2/2006 - Bill Introduced Into US House of Representatives to Repeal Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• 5/2/2006 - ACRIN Fund Nearing Goal as AMCLC Approaches
• 5/18/2006 - National Oncologic PET Registry Launch Featured in San Antonio Express News Article
• 5/18/2006 - Dozens of Republican Lawmakers Ask Speaker Hastert to Reconsider Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• 5/15/2006 - Controversial Association Health Plan Bill Threatening Mammography Access Fails in the Senate
• 5/12/2006 - NOPR Off to Fast Start; Webcast Scheduled
• 5/10/2006 - ACR Member Advisory: Beware of Patent Lawsuits
• 4/7/2006 - National Patient Advocate Foundation Calls on Congress to Reconsider DRA Imaging Reimbursement Cuts
• 4/7/2006 - 3rd Annual RADPAC Gala Reception & Dinner
• 4/6/2006 - 2006 ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference (AMCLC) Agenda Materials
• 4/27/2006 - ACR: Landmark Project Expanding PET Coverage for Cancer Indications to Launch May 8
• 4/26/2006 - ACR Chair: Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts Reduce Access to Care, Stifle New Technology
• 4/25/2006 - The ACRIN Fund for Imaging Innovation Enters Final Weeks of Campaign
• 4/25/2006 - Still Time to Register for the AMCLC
• 4/24/2006 - ACR Chair Featured in Triad (NC) Business Journal Article Regarding Deficit Reduction ACT Imaging Cuts
• 4/21/2006 - ACR Chair Responds to New York Times Teleradiology Column
• ACR Offers Templates to Help Practices Assess Impact of Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• 4/18/2006 - Aetna to Make Retroactive Payments for CAD Mammography Services and Myocardial Perfusion Testing Services
• 4/17/2006 - ACR: Tom Cruise’s Unsupervised Use of Fetal Keepsake Ultrasound Ill Advised, Irresponsible, and Potentially Dangerous
• 4/12/2006 - ACR Vice Chair, Teleradiology Guidelines Featured in Arizona Republic Article
• 4/11/2006 - Florida Legislature Considers Radiologist Assistant Legislation
• 4/10/2006 - Record Breaking First Quarter for RADPAC
• 4/10/2006 - 2006 AMCLC Offers Something for Everyone
• 3/9/2006 - National Oncologic PET Registry Launch Status Update
• 3/8/2006 - CMS Will Not Address Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts; Calls Cuts a ‘Statutory Issue’
• 3/7/2006 - Calif. Legislation Seeks to Bar Tom Cruise "Copy Cats" from Buying Ultrasound Machines
• 3/31/2006 - US House Members Urge Colleagues and House Leadership to Reconsider Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• 3/30/2006 - ACR Tells FDA: Prescription Needed for Fetal Listening Devices
• 3/30/2006 - ACR Meets with MedPAC to Discuss Issues Facing Radiology
• 3/3/2006 - ACR Economics Commission Chair and Vice Chair Testify Before Medicare APC Advisory Council
• ACR Submits Comments on Practice Expense Methodology to CMS
• 3/21/2006 - Senate HELP Committee Approves Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005; ACR Continues to Work with Committee Staff to Ensure Coverage of Mammography Screening
• 3/20/2006 - ACRIN RFA Liver Cancer Trial Underway
• 3/20/2006 - ACR Suspends College Member for Ethics Violation
• 3/2/2006 - ACR Joins Other Medical Organizations, Manufacturers, and Patient Advocacy Groups in Letter to Capitol Hill Opposing Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• 3/17/2006 - Register Today for the August ACR Pay for Performance Seminar in Sun Valley
• 3/16/2006 - RTOG Begins Accrual to Major Study for High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
• 3/16/2006 - ACR Economics Commission Vice Chair, Staff Hold RBMA E-seminar on Effects of Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Provisions and CMS Reimbursement Changes
• 3/15/2006 - International Collaborative Brain Tumor Study to Utilize Chemotherapy After Radiotherapy and Genetic Marker Analysis
• 3/15/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Chair Featured in Washington Post Article
• MedPAC Launches Imaging Equipment Capacity Study
• 3/13/2006 - ACR Educates Lawmakers on Adverse Effects of Deficit Reduction Act Imaging Cuts
• 3/10/2006 - Has Your Chapter Submitted a Key Contact Form for Congressional Visit Day?
• 2006 Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference Daily Wrap-Up: May 25, 2006
• 2/9/2006 - AHRQ Breast Imaging Report Confused and Inaccurate
• 2/6/2006 - ACR Chair Featured in Sacramento Bee Article on Full Body CT Scans
• 2/24/2006 - ACR Chair Cautions against 'Keepsake Ultrasounds' in Newspaper Article
• 2/23/2006 - Ultrasound Commission Chair Criticizes Screening Tests
• 2/23/2006 - RADPAC Attends Fundraiser for Florida Congressional Candidate
• 2/22/2006 - Borgstede Discusses Variety of Applications for Ultrasound on Network News Web Site
• 2/21/2006 - AMA to Support ACR Efforts Against Deficit Reduction ACT Imaging Cuts
• 2/2/2006 - Medicare Imaging Cuts Restrict Access to Care and Discourage New Technologies Which Would Benefit Patients
• 2/14/2006 - CMS Provides Final Approval to Launch Landmark Project to Expand PET Coverage
• 2/1/2006 - ACR Gold Medalist Singleton Receives UTMB Honor
• 12/8/2006 - Congress Fails to Act on DRA Cuts
• 12/6/2006 - ACR Issues Request for Proposals for ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Usage in Medical Education
• 12/5/2006 - Tell Your Congressional Members to Delay the DRA Imaging Cuts Before Congress Adjourns
• 12/4/2006 - 2006 RSNA Presentations Available Online
• 12/18/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Chair to USA Today: Mammograms Are One of the Few Screenings Shown to Save Lives
• 12/15/2006 - Win a Video iPod
• 12/14/2006 - ACR Committee Chair Named to Head DICOM Standards Committee
• 12/13/2006 - ACR to Continue to Press for Appropriate Medicare Imaging Reimbursement
• 12/11/2006 - HR 5704 Sponsor Scolds House Colleagues for Failure to Act on DRA Cuts
• 11/27/2006 - MRI Safety Whitepaper Updated, to be Republished
• 11/23/2006 - ACRIN Researchers to Present at RSNA
• 11/21/2006 - ACRIN Recruiting Sites for PET Lung Cancer Treatment Response Trial
• 11/20/2006 - Congress Recesses Again Without Addressing DRA Imaging Reimbursement Cuts
• 11/16/2006 - ACR to Present an Update on Accreditation of Screen-Film and Digital Mammography Refresher at RSNA
• Senators Smith and Rockefeller’s letter to Senate colleagues regarding S. 3795
• 11/14/2006 - FDA Approves the ACR to Accredit Fuji Computed Radiography for Mammography Systems
• 11/13/2006 - Mammography, Most Guidance CPT® Codes to be Relocated to 77000 Section of CPT® Code Book
• 11/13/2006 - ACR CT Accreditation to Present CT Dose Data at RSNA
• 11/09/2006 - 2006 Congressional Election Results will not Change ACR Pursuit of DRA Delay
• 11/08/2006 - RTOG Presents Record Number of Presentations at ASTRO
• 11/08/2006 - ACR Update on State Elections
• 11/03/2006 - ACR Chair, Members Featured in WSJ Report on Radiation Dosage Debate
• 11/01/2006 - ACR Counsel to Take Part in Physician-Vendor Relationship Ethics Briefing
• 10/30/2006 - National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) Town Hall Meeting
• 10/26/2006 - ACRIN Breast MRI Trial Principal Investigator Featured in Article Regarding New Breast Cancer Diagnostic Techniques
• 10/25/2006 - New ACR Study Offers an Explanation for the Easing of the Radiologist Shortage
• 10/24/2006 - ACR Study: One in 10 Radiologists Are Breast Imaging Specialists
• 10/23/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Chair Featured in Article Regarding Mammography and Declining Breast Cancer Mortality Rates
• 10/20/2006 - ACR’S AMA Delegation to Meet in November
• 10/12/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Chair to WebMD: Improved Screening, Early Detection Responsible for Declining Breast Cancer Mortality Rate
• 10/10/2006 - ACR MRI Safety Committee Chair Featured in Associated Press Article Regarding Efforts to Safely Scan Pacemaker Recipients
• 10/10/2006 - ACR Comments on 2007 CMS Proposed Changes to Medicare Fee Schedule and HOPPS
• 10/06/2006 - ACR Announces 2007 Gold Medalists, Honorary Fellows
• 10/05/2006 - American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN®) PET Lung Cancer Treatment Trial the First to Be Supported by the Biomarker Consortium
• 10/04/2006 - Congress Leaves for Election Without Addressing DRA and SGR Cuts
• 10/04/2006 - ACR Executive Director, ACRIN® Chair to Present at SRU Conference
• 10/03/2006 - ACR Breast Imaging Chair Featured in Family Circle, “O” (Oprah) Magazine Articles Regarding National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• 10/02/06 - ACR Urges FDA for Mandatory Accreditation of Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
• 1/9/2006 - ACR Ultrasound Chair Featured in Las Vegas Sun Article on Fetal Keepsake Ultrasound
• 1/3/2006 - ACR Chair Featured in Orange County Register Article on Fetal Keepsake Ultrasound
• 1/24/206 - ACR Seeks Nominations for 2007 Gold Medalists, Honorary Fellows
• 1/18/2006 - ACR Statement Regarding the Recent USP Study on Medication Error Rates in Imaging Facilities
• 1/17/2006 - ACR Vice Chair, Teleradiology Guidelines Featured in San Antonio Express Article
• 1/13/2006 - Updated Version of ACR Appropriateness Criteria™, Including New PDA Application, Now Available
• 1/12/2006 - ACR Leaders Named to Medical Imaging Industry Top Ten
• 05/19/2006 - FDA Changes Scope of Mammography Inspections
• 11/16/2006 - ACR Launches International Service Web Site (ACRIVS)
• Final Rule Released on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for 2007
• Available Now—Updated Version of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®, including PDA Application. 24 Revised Topics!
• CMS Releases the NPI Crosswalk Implementation Strategy
• Pressman Elected President of the American College of Radiology
• ACR Releases New White Paper on Radiation Dose in Medicine
• ACR Named to Medical Imaging Top 10 for Medical Imaging Education
• ACR to Unveil Six Landmark Data Registries
• ACR Supports Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
• Radiology Units Compare Outcomes with ACR’s New Registry
• CMS to Delay Release of NPPES Data Following Provider Concerns
• Now Available: ACR’s Guidance for Reporting CMS Quality Measures
• Medicare Makes Exceptions to the Duplicate Claims Edits
• Revolutionary ACR Education Center to Be “Classroom of the Future”
• FDA Increases MQSA Inspection Fees
• NOPR Billing Alert: CMS Posts Instructions Regarding Deletion of QR Modifier used for NOPR Claims - Effective January 1, 2008 Use Q0 Modifier
• Testing of NPI Set for May 7

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