ACR for Medical Physicists

Presented to:

2015 NCCAAPM Spring MeetingBloomington, Minnesota

Presented by:Richard Geise, PhD

Chair, ACR Commission on PhysicsApril 17, 2015

Represents more than 37,000 diagnostic radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists and medical physicists.

Core Purpose: To serve patients and society by empowering members to advance the practice, science and professions of radiological care.

American College of Radiology

American College of RadiologyProfessional Medical Organization founded in 1923

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Snapshot of ACR Membership

Over 37,000 total membersOver 24,000 dues paying membersOver 7,700 complimentary members-in-trainingOver 4,000 retired members Total membership rate is roughly 3/4 of eligible radiology professionalsTotal physician dues-paying member rate is roughly 2/3 of those eligible

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Snapshot of ACR Membership

ACR Key Facts

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400+ staff in four locations supporting ACR, ACRA, ACRF

Headquarters Reston, VA

Government Relations Washington, DC

Clinical Research Philadelphia, PA

American Institute for Radiologic Pathology Silver Spring, MD

ACR Headquarters, Reston, VA

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Physicist in ACR

• 650 dues paying physicists• 2.8% of all dues paying ACR members• About 11% of physicists (20% of DABRs?)• 120 members in training (1.5%)• 95 volunteers in over 200 roles serving 85

commissions, committees, council, etc.

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ACR Structure and Governance

• Board of Chancellors• Commissions and Committees

• 10 Specialty Commissions• 11 Operational Commissions• Standing Committees

• Council Steering Committee• ACR Council

• .Chapters

ACR Commission on PhysicsChair: Richard A. Geise, PhD, FACRVice Chair: Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, FACR (ABR, IEC )Jessica Clemments, MS (Leadership & Practice Development)Dianna D. Cody, PhD (Women and General Diversity) Phillip M. Devlin, MD, FACR (Liaison from Radiation Oncology) James M. Hevezi, PhD, FACR (Liaison to Radiation Oncology) Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD, FACR (Education, JACR)Melissa C. Martin, MS, FACR (Government Relations)Tariq A. Mian, PhD, FACR (Standards & Practice Parameters)James Goodwin, PhD, FACR (Economics)Paul Nagy, PhD (Council Steering Committee) Robert J. Pizzutiello Jr, MS, FACR (Membership & Communications) Beth Ann Schueler, PhD, FACR (Quality & Safety)Staff: Penny Butler, MS, FACR; Wil Creech

ACR Commission on PhysicsChair: Richard A. Geise, PhD, FACRVice Chair: Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, FACR (ABR, IEC )Jessica Clemments, MS (Leadership & Practice Development)Dianna D. Cody, PhD (Women and General Diversity) Phillip M. Devlin, MD, FACR (Liaison from Radiation Oncology) James M. Hevezi, PhD, FACR (Liaison to Radiation Oncology) Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD, FACR (Education, JACR)Melissa C. Martin, MS, FACR (Government Relations)Tariq A. Mian, PhD, FACR (Standards & Practice Parameters)James Goodwin, PhD, FACR (Economics)Paul Nagy, PhD (Council Steering Committee) Robert J. Pizzutiello Jr, MS, FACR (Membership & Communications) Beth Ann Schueler, PhD, FACR (Quality & Safety)Staff: Penny Butler, MS, FACR; Wil Creech

American College of RadiologyFive “Pillars” of the ACR

Quality and Safety: Accreditation History

1986 – Radiation Oncology 1987 - Mammography Accreditation 1992 – FDA adopts ACR’s mammography accreditation

program 1995 – Ultrasound 1996 – Stereotactic Breast Biopsy 1996 – MRI 1998 – Breast Ultrasound 1999 – Nuclear Medicine 2002 – CT, radiography/fluoroscopy, and PET 2010 - CMS accepts ACR as accrediting organization for

MIPPA & Breast MRI program launched

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ACR Activities: Quality and Safety

Accreditation programs and Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence (DICOE)

Appropriateness Criteria® / clinical decision support (CDS)

Practice Parameters and Technical Standards

Quality Metrics Support (GRID) NRDR (e.g. CTDIR)

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ACR Activities: Economics

Economics advocacy including Medicare, Medicaid and private payer issues

Seat on the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC)

Representation on CPT® Editorial Panel Extensive comments on Medicare Physician Fee

Schedule Proposed Rule

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ACR Activities: Economics

Economics advocacy including Medicare, Medicaid and private payer issues

Seat on the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC)

Representation on CPT® Editorial Panel Extensive comments on Medicare Physician Fee

Schedule Proposed Rule

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ACR Activities: Economics

Imaging 3.0™

Helps promote and advance the value of the radiologist to the health care enterprise

Develop tools to assist radiology practices DICOE and NRDR ACR Select®

Actionable reporting standards Image sharing protocols Patient portal recommendations

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ACR Activities: Research Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute™

ACR Head Injury Institute™

Evidenced-based clinical research through ACRIN® justifying reimbursement for: Virtual colonography Breast MRI Lung cancer screening for high-risk patients

Oncologic multi-center clinical trials work through ECOG-ACRIN and NRG Oncology

Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core (IROC) group brings together national experts in imaging and radiation oncology quality assurance (QA) to carry out QA services for NCI National Clinical Trials Network (previously RTOG, ATC, etc.)

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ACR Activities: Education Annual Meeting Member discounts on continuing education, including: ACR Continuous Professional Improvement Access to CME/MOC activities, including: Daily Case in Point Image Wisely® Radiation Safety Case JACR® journal-based CME activities

E-learning

Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI); (deep discounts) National activities (some deep discounts) Chapter activities

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ACR Activities: Education Annual Meeting Member discounts on continuing education, including: ACR Continuous Professional Improvement Access to CME/MOC activities, including: Daily Case in Point Image Wisely® Radiation Safety Case JACR® journal-based CME activities

E-learning

Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI); (deep discounts) National activities (some deep discounts) Chapter activities

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May 17 – 21Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC

ACR Activities: Advocacy

Ensures the voice of the radiology is heard by: Articulating radiology’s positions before the U.S. Congress and

key federal and state government agencies

Working to optimize Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement levels for radiology services

Providing an extensive volunteer and staff presence on Capitol Hill and regulatory bodies

Working through the political process with RADPAC®

to ensure that radiology’s concerns remain at the legislative forefront

Capitol Hill Day

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ACR Activities: Advocacy Examples

State level:

Texas Sunset Commission hearings on MP licensure

National level:

FDA requirements for tomosynthesis training HR 4302 (2014): Protecting Access to Medicare Act

(SGR patch)

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SGR Patch Passes House in 29 Seconds!

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ACR Early Career Benefits

Job placement center and career resources SoFi Loan Repayment Program ACR-RFS Journal Club (bi-monthly) Resident and Fellow Section (national and chapters)

Free Journal and Bulletin ACR/RSNA Residents Reception Free (maybe) Annual Meeting Grants

Young and Early Career Section ACR Career Center

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ACR Chapter activities

Minnesota Radiological Society

2 meetings per year (physicists discount) Tomorrow at Radisson Blue

MRSF - support for first year residents travel to annual meeting

Council resolution to remove meeting fees for residents

Lockridge Grindal Nauen (lobbyist group)

Join ACR or renew

To learn more about ACR member benefits, visit acr.org/membership

To renew, visit acr.org/renew

To join, visit acr.org/join

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• Free for grad students and residents

• Reduced dues for all physicists

• More discounts for new and young members

Thank you.

ACR Nationally Recognized Accreditation Programs:

ACR Individual Benefits: Online

Invaluable online resources at acr.org Free access to CME Gateway to monitor credits earned

through participating organizations

Access to ACR Membership Directory

Free access to radiologyinfo.org Up-to-date news and information on radiology, health care,

research, advocacy and membership

Unrestricted access to members-only sections of ACR website

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