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December 20, 2024

Lawmakers Pass Short-Term Resolution to Fund Government With Minimal Healthcare Provisions

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November 18, 2024

American College of Radiology Launches Landmark Artificial Intelligence Quality Registry

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November 15, 2024

ACR Learning Network Vendor Partner Program Accelerates and Eases Radiology Site Quality Improvement

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October 29, 2024

ACR Calls For Swift Congressional Action to Pass Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024

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October 28, 2024

American College of Radiology releases new and updated appropriateness criteria

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October 14, 2024

American College of Radiology Announces 2025 Honorees

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October 09, 2024

ACR Guidance on Potential Shortage of IV Products/Saline Bags

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June 26, 2024

American College of Radiology Launches First Medical Practice Artificial Intelligence Quality Assurance Program

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June 06, 2024

ACR seeks input from accredited nuclear medicine sites regarding new equipment quality control manual

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April 30, 2024

ACR statement on final USPSTF breast cancer screening recommendations

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April 17, 2024

Radiology Leadership Institute Announces Impact in Leadership Award, Emerging Leader Scholarship Recipients

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April 16, 2024

Dr. William Donovan Receives Thorwarth Award for Radiology Leadership

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April 16, 2024

Matsumoto announced chair of American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors

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April 14, 2024

ACR Foundation Presents Global Humanitarian Award

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April 10, 2024

ACR Announces 2024 Hillman Fellows in Scholarly Publishing

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April 09, 2024

American College of Radiology releases new and updated appropriateness criteria

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March 25, 2024

Anesthesiologist, Emergency Physician and Radiologist Groups Maintain Support for Texas Medical Association Challenge to Flawed No Surprises Act Implementation

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March 20, 2024

ARPA-H appoints Pisano to lead "Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness" Initiative

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February 06, 2024

ACR Awarded Planning Grant to Promote Early Detection of Lung Cancer via an Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Module for the Lung Cancer Screening Registry

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February 05, 2024

ACR Statement on Annals of Internal Medicine Harris Opinion Editorial

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January 22, 2024

The American College of Radiology Stands Firmly in Support of the PAMA AUC Program, Advocates for Legislative Improvements

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January 13, 2024

American College of Radiology Names Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR as Next CEO

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November 28, 2023

Fund for Collaborative Research Imaging Grant Awardees Announced

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November 20, 2023

ACR Data Science Institute updates AI Central to improve AI transparency and patient care

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November 07, 2023

American College of Radiology Announces 2024 Honorees

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October 10, 2023

American College of Radiology releases new and updated appropriateness criteria

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October 10, 2023

Medical Societies Issue Statement on New Federal Guidance on the No Surprises Act

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October 03, 2023

National Medical Groups Express Growing Concern Over HHS Extended Closure of Arbitration Process

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August 28, 2023

ACR, ACEP and ASA Laud Federal Court Surprise Billing Decision and Urge HHS to Unfreeze IDR Process

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August 08, 2023

Medical associations commend Texas federal court Surprise Billing ruling—a win for patients and physicians

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July 31, 2023

ACR achieves HITRUST risk-based, 2-year certification demonstrating the highest level of information protection assurance

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July 31, 2023

ACP Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines May Negate Screening Gains

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July 14, 2023

American College of Radiology comments on inaccurate estimates of proposed Medicare pay cuts

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May 31, 2023

American College of Radiology CEO William T. Thorwarth announces 2024 retirement

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May 09, 2023

Dr. Ezequiel Silva Receives Thorwarth Award for Radiology Leadership

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May 09, 2023

ACR/SBI Statement on New USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations

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May 08, 2023

Herrington elected President of the ACR

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May 07, 2023

ACR marks centennial with unveiling of new brand

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May 06, 2023

Radiology trailblazers named RLI leadership luminaries

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May 04, 2023

First Patients Enrolled in Contrast Enhanced Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (CMIST)

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May 03, 2023

New ACR Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines call for earlier and more-intensive screening for high-risk women

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April 27, 2023

ACR-Backed FDA Action to Monitor Young At-Risk Children Who Receive Iodinated Contrast Media

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April 11, 2023

American College of Radiology releases new and updated appropriateness criteria

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April 04, 2023

ACR Achieves Highest Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Status

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March 27, 2023

ACR Strengthens Accreditation, Security Usability and Efficiency

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March 14, 2023

ACR seeks radiologic community input regarding new MRI safety guidelines

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March 13, 2023

ACR, ACEP announce landmark recommendations for addressing actionable incidental findings

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March 06, 2023

Medical associations call on CMS to resume all disputed No Surprises Act payment determinations

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February 08, 2023

Medical Societies Call TX Federal Court Surprise Billing Ruling A Victory for Patients and Providers

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February 07, 2023

ACR Statement on Texas Federal Court Surprise Billing Case Ruling

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February 02, 2023

Major Medical Societies Back Texas Medical Association Challenge to Flawed Qualifying Payment Amount

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January 19, 2023

ACR Offers Plan to Improve Surprise Billing Independent Dispute Resolution Process

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December 20, 2022

Congress Comes Up Short on 2023 Medicare Conversion Factor Adjustment

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December 13, 2022

ACR Statement on Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou, MD: Radiologist Held in Iran

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December 13, 2022

American College of Radiology Releases New and Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

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December 07, 2022

American College of Radiology Announces 2023 Honorees

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November 22, 2022

ACR Data Science Institute Upgrades AI Central Portal

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November 01, 2022

ACR Releases Preliminary Summary of Radiology Provisions in the 2023 HOPPS ASC Final Rule

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November 01, 2022

ACR Releases Preliminary Summary of Radiology Provisions in 2023 MPFS Final Rule

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October 20, 2022

Major Medical Societies to Support Texas Medical Association Federal Surprise Billing Lawsuit

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October 19, 2022

American College of Radiology Launches Contrast Enhanced Mammography Imaging Screening Trial

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October 10, 2022

New report highlights need for recruitment, retention of interventional radiologists to small and rural practices

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October 04, 2022

American College of Radiology Releases New and Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

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August 29, 2022

ACR Changes CT and MRI Accreditation Contrast Media Supervision Requirements

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August 19, 2022

ACR Reviewing Surprise Billing Final Rule to Ensure Patient Access to Care

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August 17, 2022

Insurer Calculation of Qualified Payment Amount for Out of Network Care May Violate No Surprises Act

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August 01, 2022

ACR to Manage New Alzheimer's Network for Treatment and Diagnostics

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June 27, 2022

ACR Statement on Recent Events: The Patient-Doctor Relationship Must Be Preserved

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June 08, 2022

Mammography screening and related breast care still rebounding from COVID-19 pandemic

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May 12, 2022

ACR Radiology Leadership Institute Announces 2022 Leadership Awards

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May 05, 2022

Government Requests Texas Court Place Hold on Its Surprise Billing Appeal

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May 04, 2022

ACR Announces 2022 Hillman Fellows in Scholarly Publishing

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April 26, 2022

Dr. Robert Zeman Receives Thorwarth Award for Radiology Leadership

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April 26, 2022

ACR Foundation Presents Global Humanitarian Awards

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April 25, 2022

Bello Announced Chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors

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April 25, 2022

ACR to Continue Federal Surprise Billing Implementation Lawsuit

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April 23, 2022

ACR To Launch Blue-Ribbon Panel on Population Health

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April 14, 2022

American College of Radiology Releases New and Revised Appropriateness Criteria

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April 12, 2022

New ACR Mammography Accreditation Fee Schedule Lowers Overall Accreditation Costs

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March 31, 2022

New ACR initiative harnesses learning health system approach to improve diagnostic imaging

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March 23, 2022

AIRP Announces Options for Residents to Attend March 2023 Rotation Course

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March 04, 2022

ACR Statement on Ukraine Invasion and Resulting Humanitarian Crisis

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February 11, 2022

New Medicare Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines a Huge Step Forward – More Lives to be Saved

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February 10, 2022

Bold New ACR Strategic Plan to Empower the Radiologist of the Future

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February 09, 2022

Major Medical Associations Ask Federal Court for Summary Judgement in No Surprises Lawsuit

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December 22, 2021

ACR Files "No Surprises" Act Lawsuit

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December 09, 2021

ACR Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Mitigate Medicare Cuts

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December 07, 2021

American College of Radiology Association Announces Scope of Practice Fund Recipients

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December 07, 2021

ACR Applauds Bipartisan Effort to Mitigate Medicare Cuts; Urges Swift Passage

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December 01, 2021

Insurers Now Using “No Surprises Act” to Narrow Coverage Networks and Restrict Patient Access

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November 23, 2021

AI-LAB™ Federated Learning: A Leap Forward for Radiology AI Development

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November 22, 2021

Radiology Health Equity Coalition to Address Health Care Disparities

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November 18, 2021

New CMS Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Can Help Save Lives

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November 04, 2021

ACR Town Hall Discusses All Member NPRP/MARCA Survey

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November 02, 2021

ACR Releases Preliminary Summary of Radiology Provisions in the 2022 MPFS Final Rule

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November 02, 2021

ACR Releases Preliminary Summary of Radiology Provisions in the 2022 HOPPS ASC Final Rule

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October 26, 2021

New Radiation Diagnostic Reference Levels for Top 10 Pediatric CT Exams

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October 20, 2021

Results of ACR Member Survey on Non-Physician Radiology Providers Coming Soon

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October 11, 2021

American College of Radiology Announces Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

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September 30, 2021

ACR Blasts Administration's Interpretation of No Surprises Act

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September 28, 2021

ACR Announces Request for Applications for Collaborative Research in Imaging Grant

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September 21, 2021

Earn MIPS Improvement Activity Credits By Contributing COVID Images and Data to ACR Registries

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August 25, 2021

ACR to Remain Neutral on MARCA Legislation

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August 11, 2021

Disputed EHR Dose Levels Could Keep Patients From Getting Necessary Imaging Exams

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July 28, 2021

New Partnership to Advance Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology

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July 22, 2021

House Committee Proposes Increase in NIH Funding, Requests AUC Report

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July 19, 2021

ACR Releases Preliminary Summary of Radiology Provisions in the 2022 HOPPS ASC Proposed Rule

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July 14, 2021

ACR Association Creates Fund to Fight for Patient Safety and Access to Radiologist Expertise

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July 14, 2021

JACR Impact Factor Jumps 33 Percent

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July 13, 2021

ACR Releases Preliminary Summary of Radiology Provisions in the 2022 MPFS Proposed Rule

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July 01, 2021

Federal Regulations Implement Ban on “Surprise Medical Billing”

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June 22, 2021

New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Address Heightened Risk for LGBTQ Persons and Black Women

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June 07, 2021

ACR Statement on AAPA Changing Professional Title to Physician Associate

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May 20, 2021

ACR Urges Radiologists to Provide Input to CMS Lung Cancer Screening Coverage Analysis

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May 19, 2021

Updated USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Will Help Save Lives

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May 18, 2021

First African American Elected President of the ACR

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May 16, 2021

Radiology Professionals’ Opportunity to “Commit to Act” to Advance Health Equity

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May 15, 2021

ACR Foundation Presents Global Humanitarian Awards

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April 26, 2021

American College of Radiology Releases New and Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

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April 26, 2021

ACR Data Science Institute Links Use Cases to NCI Archive to Speed AI Development

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April 14, 2021

Royal College Partners With The ACR To Bring More Accredited Assessment Opportunities To Fellows

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April 12, 2021

ACR Launches National Clinical Imaging Research Registry™ (ANCIRR)

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March 24, 2021

American College of Radiology Earns Third Recognition as a Great Place to Work

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March 18, 2021

Physician and Patient Groups Call On CMS to Update Medicare Lung Cancer Screening Coverage

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March 15, 2021

JAMA Breast Cancer Screening Research Article and Editorial Misleading and Ignore Disparities

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March 09, 2021

Expanded USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Thresholds Can Save Lives and Aid Health Equity Efforts

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March 08, 2021

Radiology Societies Urge HHS to Reject Proposed Deregulation of Specific AI Software

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March 01, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccinations Can Result in False Positive Medical Imaging Exams: What Can Medical Providers Do?

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February 22, 2021

ACR Pleased by Silva's AMA RUC Chair Appointment

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January 13, 2021

NCRP Recommends Against Routine Gonadal Shielding

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January 12, 2021

ACR Statement on Capitol Hill Violence

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January 04, 2021

American College of Radiology Education Center Launches Virtual Micro-Courses

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December 30, 2020

ACR-Backed PPP Loan Tax Changes Can Help Radiology Practices

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December 22, 2020

Mammography Protections in Year End Legislation Help Address Breast Cancer Care Disparities

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December 21, 2020

ACR Coalition Advocacy Reduces and Delays Anticipated Medicare Payment Cuts in Year End Legislation

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December 11, 2020

House and Senate Majorities and Health Care Providers Urge Action to Stop Medicare Provider Cuts

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December 09, 2020

New Research Study To Demonstrate Value Of Brain PET Scans In Diagnosing Alzheimer's In Diverse Populations

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December 01, 2020

Congress Must Act to Fortify Healthcare System and Protect Access to Care

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December 01, 2020

MPFS Final Rule Implements Medicare Cuts: Join the Fight

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November 24, 2020

ACR Launches New Fund for Collaborative Research in Imaging Grant

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November 16, 2020

ACR Chief Research Officer to Advise President's Cancer Panel on Post-COVID Breast Cancer Screening

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November 12, 2020

Large Coalition Backs Passage of Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act

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November 11, 2020

ACR Announces 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting

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October 30, 2020

ACR Supports “Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act”

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October 28, 2020

Updated USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Would Help Save Lives

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October 20, 2020

American College of Radiology Announces 2021 Honorees

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October 14, 2020

American College of Radiology and University of Pennsylvania Create Joint Program to Advance Quantitative Imaging Diagnostics and Analytics

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October 04, 2020

American College of Radiology Releases New and Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

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August 05, 2020

ACR, RSNA and AAPM to Develop Massive Open-Source COVID-19 Medical Image Database

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August 04, 2020

ACR Releases Summary of Radiology Provisions in HOPPS Proposed Rule

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August 03, 2020

American College of Radiology to Provide Image Coordination for National COVID-19 Observational Study

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August 03, 2020

ACR Opposes Imaging Cuts Due to E and M Coding Changes in MPFS Proposed Rule

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July 22, 2020

ACR Urges CMS to Delay Provider Audits

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July 13, 2020

ACR Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute Announces New Executive Director Elizabeth Y. Rula, PhD

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July 07, 2020

Updated USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Would Help Save Lives

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July 01, 2020

Journal of the American College of Radiology Increases Impact Factor in New Rankings

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June 23, 2020

American College of Radiology Selected as Imaging Partner for VIRUS COVID-19 Registry

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June 22, 2020

American College of Radiology Announces COVID-19 Imaging Research Registry

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June 09, 2020

American College of Radiology and RAD-AID Collaborate to Support Global Health Radiology Education

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June 01, 2020

ACR Statement on Recent Tragedies and Racial Inequities

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May 18, 2020

Howard B. Fleishon, MD, MMM, FACR Announced Chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors

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May 06, 2020

New ACR Guidance Can Help Radiology Facilities Resume Non-Urgent Care

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April 13, 2020

ACR and other Medical Societies Release Recommendations for Breast Cancer Care in COVID-19 Pandemic

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April 13, 2020

American College of Radiology Updates ACR Appropriateness Criteria

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March 25, 2020

ACR 2020 to Be Virtual Meeting

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March 16, 2020

American College of Radiology Again Certified as a Great Place to Work

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January 28, 2020

Physicians and Regulators Must Act on NELSON Study published in NEJM to Support Widespread Lung Cancer Screening

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January 13, 2020

American College of Radiology Releases New and Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

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November 18, 2019

Radiology-Led Initiatives Help Produce Large Decline in Medical Radiation Dose that Americans Receive

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October 01, 2019

Major North American and European Radiology Organizations Publish Statement on Ethics of AI in Radiology

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September 09, 2019

ACR’s PIER Internship to Engage More Underrepresented Minorities and Women in Radiology

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June 25, 2019

ACR AI-LAB™ Expands Pilot Enabling More Radiologists to Create AI Without Coding

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November 08, 2018

New Study Cements Fact That Mammography is a Primary Factor in Reduced Breast Cancer Deaths

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May 22, 2018

First Woman Elected Chair of American College of Radiology

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April 04, 2018

New ACR and SBI Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Call for Significant Changes to Screening Process

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ACR Position Statements

Statement on Screening Mammography
Statement on Breast Tomosynthesis
Statement on FDA Radiation Reduction Program
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ACR experts are recognized leaders in their field. They can comment on medical imaging and radiation oncology issues including, but not limited to:

Cancer Imaging
Cardiovascular
Clinical Research (Radiation Therapy and Diagnostic Imaging)
Computed Tomography (CT)
Diagnostic Imaging
Emergency Radiology
ENT Radiology
Ethics
GI Radiology
GU Radiology
IMRT – Radiation Oncology
Interventional Radiology

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Mammography
Medical Business Principles
Medical – Legal
Medical – Legislative
Medical Physics
Molecular Imaging
MRI
Musculoskeletal Radiology
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Medicine – PET

Pediatric Radiology
Physics
Practice Management
Radiation Therapy
Radiological Counterterrorism
Radiologist Assistant
Reimbursement
Screening
Self-Referral
Teleradiology
Ultrasound
Workforce (Personnel) Issues

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