State Legislative Bills Report
As most state legislatures end their 2025 sessions and look to 2026, ACR staff is looking at how some radiology-specific bills they tracked fared this year.
Read moreThe ACR Data Science Institute® (ACR DSI) released three new Non-Interpretive Patient Facing use cases in April, adding to the guidelines DSI provides to the artificial intelligence (AI) community. Developers can freely access 12 patient-facing use cases on the DSI website.
The new Non-Interpretive Patient Facing cases include:
Register here for a free upcoming Non-Interpretive AI webinar, “Beyond Interpretation: Unleashing the Potential of Non-Interpretive AI in Radiology,” on Wednesday, May 31, from 7–8 pm ET. The key learnings from the webinar and Q&A panel will include understanding the breadth of non-interpretive AI tools available for clinical practice, how non-interpretive AI tools may impact the radiologic practice from an operational and clinical standpoint, and the outlook for emerging non-interpretive AI tools in the marketplace.
About ACR DSI use cases: ACR DSI use cases are scenarios where the use of AI may help improve clinical settings and medical imaging care. They provide structured data elements for training, testing and monitoring algorithms to help those developing AI to create new AI models, or improve existing AI products. ACR DSI has released more than 200 use cases developed by subspecialty data science panels of experts.
State Legislative Bills Report
As most state legislatures end their 2025 sessions and look to 2026, ACR staff is looking at how some radiology-specific bills they tracked fared this year.
Read moreMedicare Payment Increase in Final Budget Reconciliation Bill
The bill includes a 2.5% increase to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2026.
Read moreCMS Announces Prior Authorization Test Model
WiSer is a six-year program that will begin in six states on January 1, 2026. It will introduce prior authorization using AI technology for a select number of services, including some IR procedures.
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