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Archive May 2016

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ASNC Announces 2016 QCDR Designation for ImageGuide Registry

CMS has recognized ASNC’s ImageGuide Registry as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for 2016. The designation as a QCDR allows physicians the opportunity to meet the requirements of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) by reporting on quality measures developed by and for nuclear cardiologists, and therefore maximize physician reimbursement.

 

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New Chinese Translation of the Single Photon Emission Computed Technology (SPECT) Guideline

The Chinese translation of the SPECT 2010 Guideline provides important information to nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists, cardiologists, internal medicine physicians and technologists in their native language.

 

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Play "What is This Image?" and Win

Are you ready to pit your skills against your colleagues’ with ASNC’s newest image interpretation game? 

 

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Q: How Will You Get Current on Emerging Applications, Guidelines & Trials?

A:  By Joining the Cardiac Imaging Community at ASNC2016 

ASNC2016 will present the latest cardiac imaging research plus the state-of-the-art in clinical practice September 22-25, 2016 in Boca Raton, FL. 

 

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Standing Room Only at ASNC AUC Session at ACP Annual Meeting

Last week, more than 285 physicians who were in Washington, DC, to attend the American College of Physicians (ACP) 2016 Internal Medicine Meeting flocked to a special satellite session hosted by ASNC. The draw, said attendees, was the topic: Appropriate Use in Nuclear Cardiology. ASNC faculty—James E. Udelson, MD, MASNC, Brian Abbott, MD, FASNC, and Allen J. Taylor, MD—demonstrated how new legislative mandates will impact use of cardiac imaging and how such tests are reimbursed in the United States. The session also highlighted everyday cases to help internists understand the appropriate use of nuclear cardiac testing. ASNC’s goal is help improve the rate of appropriate referrals. 

 

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ASNC Cautions CMS About Part B Demo Implications for Nuclear Agents

On March 11, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released for public comment a proposed five-year demonstration project that would test whether alternative payment designs for Part B drugs will lead to a reduction in Medicare expenditures. Concerned about the lack of transparency during the development of the proposed demonstration and how the proposal could affect future payment for diagnostic agents used in Nuclear Cardiology, ASNC submitted comments  asking CMS to not move forward with the Part B drug model until there has been further engagement by CMS with stakeholders, including the cardiac imaging community.   

 

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ASNC Begins Deep Dive into MACRA Proposed Rule

On April 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the much-anticipated proposed regulations  that will govern implementation of the new Medicare physician payment system that replaces the sustainable growth rate formula repealed by Congress one year ago under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

The new system offers physicians two pathways for Medicare payment beginning in 2019: the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or participation in an alternative payment model (APM). As with past CMS reporting programs, MIPS scores will be based on the care that a physician or other eligible clinician delivers in 2017. 

 

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ASNC Participates in VII Iberoamerican Conference of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging

In April, more than 250 physicians—many of them ASNC members—traveled to Havana, Cuba, to participate in the VII Iberoamerican Conference of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging. The attendees, who hailed from 17 countries, were welcomed by ASNC President Brian Abbott, MD, FASNC, who joined Conference Organizing Committee President Amalia Peix, MD, and International Atomic Energy Agency representative Maurizio Dondi, MD, in the opening ceremonies. Marcelo DiCarli, MD, presented the keynote address, “Nuclear Cardiology Facing Emergent Imaging Modalities.” 

 

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ASNC Participates in Turkish Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting

 

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