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September 22, 2013
2013 AAPM Meetings during RSNA
View the AAPM Meetings being held during RSNA 2013.
Radiation Oncology-Healthcare Advisory Council seeking volunteers
As part of the Radiation Oncology-Incident Learning System (RO-ILS), AAPM and ASTRO are looking for volunteers to participate in the Radiation Oncology-Healthcare Advisory Council (RO-HAC). The RO-HAC is an advisory council that conducts analysis of the data within the RO-ILS. The RO-ILS is a patient safety organization (PSO) designed to improve the quality and safety of health care delivery within radiation oncology. All providers within the radiation oncology team are encouraged to apply. Selections for the RO-HAC will be approved by members of the ASTRO/AAPM Steering Committee. Learn more about the RO-ILS and how to apply for the RO-HAC.
This Issue
IMAGE WISELY
• Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case
MEDICARE
• Imaging Groups Urge CMS Not to Implement Cuts to CT and MRI Meetings
• CMS Cuts Proposed Stereotactic Radiosurgery Reimbursement By Nearly $3,000
• Hospital Outpatient Payments Advisory Panel Recommends Delay in 2014 Packaging Proposal
MEETINGS
• Horizons 2013: Connecting AAPM & PS-OCs - Registration & Abstract Submission Available: November 7 - 8, 2013; Bethesda, MD
• Academy of Radiology Research - "Uncovering Connections: Imaging Advances in Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Alzheimer’s Disease"
• Join the NIH for the "Transforming Diversity in Research Training" interactive sessions!
• RSNA Annual Meeting: December 1 - 6, 2013; Chicago, IL
• RSNA Sessions
RSNA/ARR Study Section Reviewers Workshop
What it Takes to be an Expert Reviewer for the NIH -
the Peer Review Process Demystified
Saturday, November 30, 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
McCormick Place, Chicago
Room E253CD
• Spring Clinical Meeting: March 15 - 18, 2014; Denver, CO
• Chapter Meetings
• Endorsed/Sponsored Meetings
WEBSITE UPDATES
• AHRQ Health IT Update: Pathways to Quality
• Updated Diagnostic Radiology Residents Physics Curriculum
• AAPM Newsletter - New Edition Now Available 
• 2014 AAPM Annual Meeting (Austin TX · July 20 - 24) - Request for Proposals (RFP) for Symposia
• First Medical Physics Practice Guideline (MPPG) Issued
• Webcast of the Month: Medical Physics Practice Quality Improvement Guidelines
• Available in the Virtual Library from 2013: Spring Clinical Meeting, Summer School, 3rd CT Dose Summit, CRCPD
• The AAPM WG on Standardization of CT Nomenclature and Protocols receives the CDRH Director’s Special Citation Award
• Awards & Honors Committee - Call for Nominations
• IOMP announces International Day of Medical Physics
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IMAGE WISELY
Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case
We are very proud to announce the launch of our first Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case, "CT Dose and Size-Specific Dose Estimate" by Mark Supanich and Donald Peck.
This has been a collaborative effort by Image Wisely, the ACR Department of Quality and Safety and the ACR Department of Education. It is the first of 6 programs that will become available each year, providing free continuing education credits (½ for each program) on radiation safety to radiologists, medical physicists and imaging technologists. Our thanks to Mark and Don for their outstanding work.
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MEDICARE
Imaging Groups Urge CMS Not to Implement Cuts to CT and MRI Meetings
Professional medical societies, hospitals and imaging trade groups are urging CMS not to move forward with separate categories for calculating the cost of CT scans and MRIs in the final hospital outpatient prospective payment system (HOPPS) rule.
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CMS Cuts Proposed Stereotactic Radiosurgery Reimbursement By Nearly $3,000
CMS recently lowered by nearly $3,000 proposed 2014 reimbursement for both Cobalt-60 and linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatment, according to an updated file to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (HOPPS) proposed rule posted on the CMS website.
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Hospital Outpatient Payments Advisory Panel Recommends Delay in 2014 Packaging Proposal
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed packaging seven new categories of supporting items and services in payments for primary services, according to the 2014 proposed rule for hospital outpatient services and ambulatory surgical centers released on July 8th.
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