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Commission on Economics

The Commission on Economics is the primary ACR® resource for medical socioeconomics. The Commission’s work often is used as background material and evidence for ACR congressional and state legislative efforts as well as communications with CMS, policymakers and other medical insurers.

Commission Goals

  • Collect, analyze and disseminate information on all facets of economic issues relevant to the practice of radiology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology, nuclear medicine and medical physics.
  • Focus activities on coding, payment policy, national and local coverage policy, regulation, private and public payer relations, and the development of educational resources for the membership.
  • Prepare statements, studies and presentations on issues within commission purview, with the support of its committees and other specialty commissions, by acting on input from the membership and in reaction to changes affecting radiology.
     

Leadership & Staff

Related Committees

AIRP Advisory Committee

Ana P. Lourenco, MD, FACR, Chair

Education Center Advisory Committee

Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD, FACR, Chair

ACR Bulletin Editorial Advisory Group

Kirang Patel, MD, Chair

Economic and Advocacy Issues in Academic Radiology

Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, FACR, Chair

Future Trends

Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, FACR, Chair

General, Small, Emergency and Rural

Daniel Rodgers, MD, Chair

HOPPS/APC

Andrew Moriarity, MD, Chair

Interventional and Cardiology

Nadia Khan, MD, Chair

Medical Physics

Heidi Edmonson, PhD, Chair

Neuroradiology

James Milburn, MD, FACR, Chair

Nuclear Medicine

Cindy Yuan, MD, Chair

Payer Relations

Daniel Gridley, MD, Chair

Pediatric Radiology

Sarah Milla, MD and Richard Heller, MD, Co-Chairs

Radiation Oncology

Aaron Bush, MD, Chair

Reimbursement

Andrew Moriarity, MD, Chair

Ultrasound

Margaret Revzin, MD, MS, Chair

Networks, Liaisons & Advisors

  • Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Radiation Oncology — Laeton Pang, MD, MPH, FACR, Chair
  • Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Radiology — Sammy Chu, MD, FACR, Chair
  • Medicaid — Neil Davey, MD, MB, ChB, FACR, Chair
  • Payer Relations — Daniel Rogers, MD, Chair

  • AHRA — Melody Mulaik
  • CDS — Andrew Moriarity, MD
  • CSC — Timothy Crummy, MD, FACR
  • GE — Elizabeth Spurgin
  • PFCC — Melissa Chen, MD
  • RBMA— Linda Wilgus

  • Eric Rubin, MD, FACR
  • Kurt Schoppe, MD

Additional Resources

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