Medicare requires data submission to an approved clinical practice registry as a condition for reimbursement for lung cancer screening exams. The ACR Lung Cancer Screening Registry (LCSR) is approved ...
Editor’s note: The following article first appeared in the JACR: “Communication of Actionable Information,” Boland, Giles W. et al. Journal of the American College of Radiology, volume 11, issue 11, ...
Gained a one-year reprieve from changes to direct practice expense inputs (DPEIs) that would have cut ultrasound and vascular ultrasound room payments by 65 percent and 57 percent, respectively ...
Develop management guidelines for nodules that are discovered incidentally on CT, MRI, PET or ultrasound. Produce a lexicon to describe all thyroid nodules on sonography. Develop a standardized ...
The 2024 Manual on MR Safety is now available to download. The manual builds on prior editions and includes substantial new content and safety recommendations as well as addresses new challenges that ...
Radiologists are medical doctors that specialize in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging (radiology) procedures (exams/tests) such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT), ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) to reimburse physician services. The MPFS is funded by Part B and is composed of resource costs ...
What best practices would enable better patient outcomes? How can high standards elevate your skill set? What kinds of challenging cases would empower your learning opportunities? At the ACR ® ...
Lung-RADS ® is a quality assurance tool designed to standardize lung cancer screening CT reporting and management recommendations, reduce confusion in lung cancer screening CT interpretations, and ...
The AUC-based CDS program is not cancelled or repealed. The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule simply paused implementation while Congress considers legislative CDS improvements. The ...
An incidental finding, also known as an incidentaloma, may be defined as “an incidentally discovered mass or lesion, detected by CT, MRI, or other imaging modality performed for an unrelated reason.” ...
We invite all ACR members to review and comment on the documents that will be presented at the subsequent annual meeting. Draft documents are available for comment between August and November via the ...