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| Latest News & Views |
 1/18/12 – ACRO 2012: Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) to Speak at a Special 1-Hour Political Plenary Session. Senator Ben Cardin, a long-time advocate of health care professionals, patients and quality of care initiatives will be the keynote speaker at the ACRO Politics Hour on Thurs., Feb. 23. Senator Cardin will Join Andrew Woods, ACRO's Legislative Counsel, to provide practicing physicians with in-depth commentary on the state of politics in Washington, DC and a unique opportunity to communicate with a senior US lawmaker.Don't miss out on this ACRO-only opportunity! Click above to register today. |
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| 1/3/12 – January Legislative Update: Get the latest legislative updates from Capitol Hill, click here. |
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| 12/20/11 – ACRO Alert: PQRS 2012 Measures: There are NO new PQRS measures for 2012 due to the implementation of ICD-10. On October 1, 2013, the ICD-9 code sets used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures will be replaced by ICD-10 code sets. With the transition to ICD-10, the administrative burden for defining new PQRS measures outweighs the need for updated measures. Click here for more information. |
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| 12/20/11 – ACRO Residents Webinar Healthcare Reform and Radiation Oncology: An Insider's Perspective All current residents, fellows, and attending radiation oncologist are invited to attend this free webinar, which will take place on Wednesday, January 11th at 5:00pm EST. Click here to register. |
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| 12/6/11 – ACRO 2012 Final Rule Posted: The Annual Final Rule Billing and Coding Webinar has been posted in the members only section. Click here to login today. |
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| 12/8/11 – ACRO Bulletin: The fall ACRO bulletin has been uploaded. View the document here. |
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| 12/3/11 – December Legislative Update: Get the latest legislative updates from Capitol Hill, click here. |
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| 11/29/11 – ACRO Alert: Comprehensive CY 2012 Physician Fee Schedule Reviews Revenue Cycle, Inc., the official Billing/Coding Consultant for the American College of Radiation Oncology, has released two comprehensive summaries of the 2012 Final Rule. To review these summaries in detail, please click here. |
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11/7/11 – ACRO Alert: Preliminary Impact Analysis of CY 2012 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: On November 1, 2011 CMS released the Final Rule for the CY 2012 Physician Fee Schedule. (PFS). Important changes occurred between the Proposed and Final Rule that resulted in a net decrease of 2% in radiation oncology payments. These changes relate to AMA RUC recommendations on several important radiation oncology codes, including 77418.
ACRO will, in collaboration with the Radiation Oncology community, comment on the final rules, as they remain "Interim" Final and may be commented on. This is done to maintain appropriate reimbursement rates to allow our members to continue to provide excellent patient care. In the past this comment period has alerted CMS to issues including utilization rates which may have had unintended consequences to the sustainable practice of radiation oncology. Click here for more information, including The third year of the four-year transition to the utilization of new Physician Practice Information Survey (PPIS) data and Rebasing of the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).
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| 11/4/11 – November Legislative Update: Get the latest legislative updates from Capitol Hill, click here. |
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| 10/23/11 –
Economics Resources Available for Download The ACRO Economics Committee has prepared and published the following documents as a membership benefit. To access these documents, click on the links below.
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| 10/6/11 – October Legislative Update: Get the latest legislative updates from Capitol Hill, click here. |
