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ACR News
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ACR Dose Index Registry Reaches Milestones: One Million Scans, 300 Facilities
Since its launch less than a year ago, more than one million computed tomography (CT) scans have been contributed to the American College of Radiology (ACR) Dose Index Registry (DIR) and compiled for analysis.
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Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act Reaches 180 Co-sponsors
Four Congressmen recently added their names to the list of co-sponsors for H.R 3269, the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act, bringing the list of co-sponsors to 180. Click on the headline above and follow the instructions to urge your Member of Congress to support H.R. 3269 today!
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ACR Urges Conference Committee to Include H.R. 3269
On Friday, January 20, chairman of the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Board of Chancellors, John Patti, MD, FACR, sent a letter to the House and Senate conferees urging the inclusion of H.R. 3269, the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act, within a forthcoming, long-term Medicare proposal.
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ACR Members Now Have Free Access to Ethics and Professionalism Educational Modules
A new series of ethics and professionalism educational modules is available through this website. Each self-guided module was developed by experts, peer-reviewed for content, quality and clarity and includes self-testing features to assess comprehension.
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ACR Asserts Integrity in Radiology
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is deeply troubled by implications of a recent CNN report involving the American Board of Radiology (ABR) certification examinations.
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Call for Volunteers
Appointments to commissions, committees and task forces for service in 2012-2013 will be made this spring. If you would like to be considered for a position we will need to hear from you by February 29, 2012.
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MPPR Policy Applied to Professional Component in 2012
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin applying its Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) policy to the professional component (PC) of certain diagnostic imaging services (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound).
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E. Stephen Amis Jr., MD, Fellowship in Quality and Safety, Call for Applications
The ACR Department of Quality and Safety is accepting applications from second, third and fourth year residents and fellows for its Amis Fellowship. The deadline for submission of applications is March 31, 2012.
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ACR Comments to CMS Regarding MPPR and Other Provisions in the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
The American College of Radiology (ACR) submitted official comments the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS regarding the final rule of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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