RADPEER scoring white paper Jackson, Valerie P; Cushing, Trudie; Abujudeh, Hani H ...
Journal of the American College of Radiology
6, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
The ACR's RADPEER program began in 2002; the electronic version, e-RADPEER, was offered in 2005. To date, more than 10,000 radiologists and more than 800 groups are participating in the program. ...Since the inception of RADPEER, there have been continuing discussions regarding a number of issues, including the scoring system, the subspecialty-specific subcategorization of data collected for each imaging modality, and the validation of interfacility scoring consistency. This white paper reviews the task force discussions, the literature review, and the new recommended scoring process and lexicon for RADPEER.
R-SCAN: Why We Should Care Wintermark, Max, MD, MAS, MBA; Fredericks, Nancy, MBA; Burleson, Judy, MHSA ...
Journal of the American College of Radiology,
10/2016, Letnik:
13, Številka:
10
Journal Article
The results of a survey sent to practice leaders in the ACR Practice of Radiology Environment Database show that the majority of responding groups will continue to hire recently trained residents and ...fellows even though they have been unable to take the final ABR diagnostic radiology certifying examination. However, a significant minority of private practice groups will not hire these individuals. The majority of private practices expect the timing change for the ABR certifying examinations to affect their groups' function. In contrast, the majority of academic medical school practices expect little or no impact. Residents and fellows should not expect work time off or protected time to study for the certifying examination or for their maintenance of certification examinations in the future.
The American Medical Association, with the cooperation of multiple major medical specialty societies, including the ACR, responded in 1966 to the need for a complete coding system for describing ...medical procedures and services with the first publication of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). This system, now CPT IV, forms the basis of reporting of virtually all inpatient and outpatient services performed by physicians and nonphysician health care providers as well as facilities. This coding system and its maintenance process have evolved in complexity and sophistication, particularly in the past decade, such that it is now integral to all facets of health care, including tracking new and investigational procedures and reporting and monitoring performance measures (read "pay for performance"), in addition to its long-standing use for reporting for reimbursement. To paraphrase a recent automobile commercial, "This is not your father's CPT." The author describes the development of CPT as it exists today, examining the forces that molded its current form, the input opportunities available to medical specialty societies and others, the ever increasing transparency of the CPT maintenance process, and the availability of resources allowing all to stay current. Understanding this system, critical to the practice of all of medicine, including radiology, will aid all health care providers in maintaining the quality, efficiency, and accuracy of their practices' business operations as well as assist them in a world of increasingly complex reporting requirements.
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