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
Secured numerous exceptions to Anthem’s flawed imaging policies, including:
Prohibiting retroactive denials in the Emergency Department (ED) whenever a patient receives advanced diagnostic imaging
Permitting advanced diagnostic imaging for patients with a known chronic disease expected to require imaging at multiple times
Gained provisions in the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018, preventing private insurers from considering flawed 2009/2016 USPSTF mammography screening recommendations through Jan. 1, 2021
American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP®)
Delivered 785+ hours of lecture to 1,537 resident attendees as part of the 4-week, radiologic-pathology correlation course
Delivered 7 radiologic-pathology categorical courses to 173 practicing radiologists in the subspecialties of Neuro, MSK, Chest, Pediatrics, Cardiac, GI and GU
Delivered 11 international courses, amounting to 328 lectures (230 lecture hours) to over 3,500 attendees
Submitted five renewal grant applications requesting six years of funding for NRG Oncology operations, the NRG Statistics and Data Management Center (SDMC), ECOG-ACRIN (EA) operations, EA SDMC, and the Imaging and Radiation Core (IROC). All grants were scored as either Outstanding or Excellent
Published over 65 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, including JAMA Oncology, Journal of the NCI, Journal of NeuroOncology, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Radiology and the Journal of Clinical Oncology
Signed agreements with eight industry partners to support CRI research activities. Partners include Janssen, AstraZeneca, Merck, Seno Medical Instruments, Real Imaging, Progenics, Therapixel, and Freenome
CRI Chief Science Officer, Dr. Etta Pisano, conducted grand rounds at nine academic centers to provide input on how the CRI can benefit their radiology research program
The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) formerly closed to all data collection (Na-F-PET) on December 14, 2017. NOPR provided the evidence for the value of 18F-FDG and 18F-NaF imaging in oncology through the coverage with evidence development (CED) program with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Communications
ACR social media referred 24,546 users to acr.org, 21,588 of which were new users
@RadiologyACR was a top 10 influencer at #RSNA17 and a key leader across other health care conferences
Fostered a successful #HeForShe campaign at #ACR2018, with ACR’s original content generating 53.1k impressions, 413 engagements, 91 clicks and more than 1,200 unique tweets from other individuals and organizations
A redesigned member website—acr.org—went live and served more than 128,000 visitors monthly with new content and an improved user experience
Released a January 2018 feature on burnout among radiologists that garnered the highest click-through rate (to-date) among other Bulletin e-content
Released 2018 Black History Month blog series to accompany a February print feature article on the shortfall in the number of African Americans entering the radiology profession
Released a May 2018 special issue on population health management
Data Science Institute
Established 10 panels of experts in radiology subspecialty areas and began development of initial Technically Oriented Use Cases for Healthcare-AI (TOUCH-AI) to provide guidance on the inputs and outputs of AI algorithms for researchers and industry developers of deep learning software
Co-hosted the Summit on the Economics of Healthcare, held during SIIM 2018, and co-hosted the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Imaging.
Worked with the FDA on several projects to develop paths for AI algorithms to meet regulatory and reporting requirements
Education Center
Celebrated its 10th anniversary year — over the last decade, the Education Center has held 363 course sessions and provided instruction to 11,975 physicians from every state and 50 countries
Offers 50+ courses per year across 17 topic areas, catering to nearly 1,500 attendees per year
Expanded offerings to include satellite courses in Arizona and Australia
Foundation
Provided support for Neiman Health Policy Institute efforts to develop new web tools, fund grants to researchers and establish partnerships with academic institutions
Governance
Welcomed Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, FACR, as the first female chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors on June 1, 2018
The ACR Council, ACR’s representative body, considered 44 resolutions during the 2018 Council meeting, including eight policy resolutions and 32 Practice Parameters and Technical Standards
The ACR Board of Chancellors voted to extend the ACR Innovation Fund Grant Program to include all current ACR Members
Published its first special collection from the Imaging 3.0 in Practice series — a collection of case-study educational supplements
Produced three case-study companion videos, including Elkhart General Hospital’s Thoracic Oncology Clinic , Einstein Healthcare Network’s CDS Pilot Project , and a video about a PECARN algorithm
Launched a new case-study category called Imagined Case Studies, which envisions scenarios and imparts lessons that radiologists can apply in real-world practice
The ACR Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) launched a monthly, virtual Artificial Intelligence Journal Club and a YouTube channel to host recordings of all sessions
The Medical Education and Student Outreach (MESO) effort was launched to educate medical students about the radiology profession and increase ACR’s presence at conferences nationally
Published cases from authors across 140 different medical schools, medical facilities and institutions
Saw Case in Point credit claimed a total of 508,298 times
Engaged 961 Case in Point users, resulting in 127,074.5 CME (for SACME and CAT)
Cortex Education Informatics
Released RadExam in July 2018 — a post-rotation exam for radiology residents that provides score benchmarking and percentile ranking for participating residency programs. Approximately 170 out of the 193 diagnostic residencies are currently active in RadExam
Membership Value
Over 1,600 discussions were logged on Engage ― the ACR online member community
More than 1,850 ACR members volunteered as part of 200 ACR commissions and committees
The ACR Career Center served 20,937 job seekers and 10,058 employers
A Task Force on Brand Promise was formed to recommend progressive solutions to achieve the College’s desired brand promise and improve perceptions of members and stakeholders
Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC)
Launched the Population Health Management Committee to focus on the value of high-quality radiologic and radiation oncological care as a path to improving the overall health of populations
Marked the 10th anniversary of the )®National Radiology Data Registry (NRDR, which includes 6,500 registered and active sites. NRDR enabled nearly 4,000 physicians to take part in the first year of the CMS Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
