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September 2019
Practice Parameters & Technical Standards

Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS
Alex J. Towbin, MD

In this issue, Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS, and Alex J. Towbin, MD, share insights about how the can help you transform the patient experience by strengthening your quality improvement efforts and boosting innovation to deliver more patient-centered care.

Clinical

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Access all the the ACR offers, including our new — with CME Credit and materials for referring clinicians.

Ready to modernize and streamline your mammography QC? Here’s how the can help you with planning and training your team.

Participate in the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial and help shape breast cancer screening policy. Access the for more details.

PAMA is coming Jan. 1, 2020. Register for our new to help your organization and referring physicians prepare. Access the latest for meeting the mandate.

Your feedback on the helps improve the quality of care for your patients. is now open. Make your voice heard!

The ACR Committee on MR Safety recently published a new article — — in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Read this important notice about a . Although the Slice 5 insert design and material have changed, there is no impact on current scanning requirements.

Coming soon: will provide malignancy risk assessment for ovarian/adnexal masses based on a standardized lexicon with a management strategy for each risk category.

Know the facts; share the facts. Access a wealth of , including patient/physician shared decision aids, myth busters, FAQs and a content-rich .

The provides a step-by-step guide to improve imaging care with a patient-centered approach.

As the TCPi grant ends, the CDS R-SCAN Registry and R-SCAN Web Portal continue efforts to improve high-value imaging.
Quality Measures

. What’s on tap: new quality measures, a focus on exam- and patient-level data and help from ACR Assist® for easier and more consistent reporting.

are rapidly approaching for 2019 MIPS participation.

In the , CMS is planning updates to the QPP, including payment adjustments, measures and more. Here’s what radiologists need to know.
ACR Accreditation

Coming soon: ACR Accreditation is finalizing a new help desk solution to streamline customer support and enhance access to accreditation program requirements and related information. Watch this newsletter and the for updates.
ACR News

The ACR has acquired the , an easy-to-use, online tool that helps patients quickly find a nearby CTC screening center. Facilities that offer CTC are strongly encouraged to register online to join the My CT Colonography center locator. Our goal is to have sites register their CTC facilities to make them easier for patients to find.

. This new case study collection highlights how radiologists are implementing value-based programs and tools that you, too, can implement in your practice today. “Everyone doesn’t have to do everything, but everyone can do something to move toward Imaging 3.0.” –Geraldine B. McGinty, MD, MBA, FACR, Chair, ACR Board of Chancellors

Leveraging leadership practices gained from the Imaging 3.0 initiative and Radiology Leadership Institute®, a radiologist with a private practice in Michigan has led development of a successful lung cancer screening program.

Conference Highlight: Visit ACR Booth #3316 in the South Hall at , from Dec. 1–6, 2019, in Chicago, IL.

JACR Q&S Roundup

Quality in Practice

New Patient-Friendly Summaries of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®
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