MedPAC releases June 2025 report to Congress, outlining several issues affecting the Medicare program. Get the details on radiology-relevant topics: bit.ly/4nbIzLM #AdvocacyInAction #radvocacy ACR RAN

Thank you American College of Radiology for recommending 📌 revision and implementation of CMS’ imaging appropriate use criteria consultation requirements 💿modernization of image exchange 🔒improvement to information blocking rules 👩‍⚕️advancement of safe and effective digital health innovations

Very happy to share that LouAnn Woodward M.D. has named Dr. Robert Morris to succeed me when I re-wire (not retire!) as chair of UMMC Department of Radiology on 1/1/26. He's a terrific choice to lead the department forward! umc.edu/news/Campus-Me…

Action: Medicaid cuts are based on how much $$$ is needed to continue existing tax cuts... they are not based on the amount of fraud, & will rob our country of critical health care infrastructure & patient access to physicians #MedicareSavesLives #CodeRedForMedicaid #SaveMedicaid

❔Have you ever thought about how the Medicare Incentive Program is delivering on linking reimbursement to performance in radiology🩻? Yea, me neither. And it's not unless you play the game. Listen to Episode 19 of ✨Contrast & Clarity with the JACR✨ while you wait

🌠New AMA report describes changes in the ownership & organization of physician practices since 2012. 👉 Physician practices are increasingly owned by hospitals or other organizations and not by physicians. 👓 tinyurl.com/2mz5jx47 2024 Physician Practice Benchmark Survey 🧵

As long as you know yourself, how strong and capable you are, and how much you have to offer — no one can take away your worth. #youareworthy #youarestrong #knowyourself

SCOTUS decision: •Cancer screenings, statins, HIV prevention drugs will continue to be available at no cost to many Americans. •Ratifies strong role for Sec of HHS to oversee USPSTF a key expert panel that has long evaluated preventive services. share.google/kKLSo4zGnQ0WJP…

We urge U.S. Senate leaders to provide stability in the Medicare program through a permanent Medicare physician pay fix. See our comments: bit.ly/4kZI6dT #AdvocacyInAction #radvocacy ACR RAN

The Senate should reconsider student loan program provisions that would make medical and dental education less accessible, exacerbating workforce shortages and jeopardizing patient access to care. bit.ly/44qsFEF #AdvocacyInAction #radvocacy ACR RAN

The 2025 state legislative sessions focus on expanding access to breast cancer screenings, eliminating patient cost-sharing & aligning mammography notification requirements with federal standards. bit.ly/44m7P9A #AdvocacyInAction #radvocacy ACR RAN

We’re excited to resume our B Reader course and NIOSH certification program. B Readers are vital to NIOSH’s Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program, which offers free black lung screenings to U.S. coal miners. bit.ly/46efuJp #AdvocacyInAction #radvocacy ACR RAN

😡 The fact that on one occasion the presiding officer indicated that milk is not prohibited does not mean that all other beverages are prohibited.

Introducing the July issue of the #JACR, "Focus on Practice in Community, Rural, and Safety-Net Settings" - a critically important examination of populations most at risk of facing access-related barriers. ✒️: Randy C. Miles MD, MPH, FSBI + Anand Narayan, MD, PhD (he/him) Read more➡️jacr.org/issue/S1546-14…

“The AMA and physicians across the country are deeply concerned about this legislation, its impact on our patients, and what it means for healthcare in the” US. ⁦Bobby Mukkamala⁩, MD, AMA Prez explains why the reconciliation bill is unacceptable. 🎥f.io/Z6wtzGZO

For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and push aside the needy in the gate… I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies… Take away from me the noise of

🚨⁦AMA statement attributable to Bobby Mukkamala⁩ Prez expressing dismay w/ reconciliation bill that cleared the House. “Today is a sad and unnecessarily harmful day for patients and health care across the country, and its impact will reverberate for years.”🧵

The House voted to pass the Senate version of H.R. 1. Medicare payment increases were included. Learn more: bit.ly/44xsnfk #AdvocacyInAction #radvocacy ACR RAN

House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking to Hold Second Meeting in Atlanta. Read more here: ow.ly/3CRb50WlPKZ #gapol #gahouse

With consolidation being an important topic in radiology, it's important to stay informed on what it means and how it can affect you. It's never been more crucial to understand how consolidation is changing. Rich Duszak, MD talks about what you need to know about consolidation with