Original air date: April 30, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Stacy Smith-Foley, MD, CARTI
Sponsored by Beekley Medical

Participants will learn about some of the barriers to care that breast imaging centers face on a daily basis.  Strategies for increased patient satisfaction and retention will be discussed in detail.  Case examples will be provided to exemplify these strategies in practice. 

Learning Objectives:
1. Review barriers to care  
2. Discuss strategies for patient retention
3. Provide case examples of optimal care

This activity has been approved for 1.0 Category A ARRT continuing education credits.

AHRA Member: free to members
Non-Member: $25.00
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Original Air Date: April 16, 2024, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern Time

Speaker: Ehsan Samei, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, FAIMBE, FIOMP, FACR, Chief Imaging Physicist, and director of Center for Virtual Imaging Trials, Duke University

Sponsored by Imalogix 

CMS recently instituted a new rule pertaining to “Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) in Adults.” Reviewing the new rule, practitioners have found many ambiguities the interpretations to which can significantly impact its implementation. To help practitioners and implementers of the new rule, the AAPM recently commissioned an intersocietal panel of experienced, practical, and committed experts in CT radiation dose, image quality, and patient care including industry representatives, academics, and clinical practitioners from professional societies. The panel consolidated a list of ambiguities within the current CMS rule and took upon itself to provide educated recommendations for each. This presentation offers a summary of the deliberations of this effort, and puts that into a cohesive strategy (grounded by the consensus statement from a recent Quality Measures Roundtable representing a broad spectrum of stakeholders) by which the quality, safety, and consistency of medical CT imaging can be assured.

Webinar attendees will:

1. Understand the goal of the new CMS rule on Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality.
2. Understand the critical ambiguities in the implementation of the new rule and the means and limitations by which such ambiguities can be mitigated.

Note: No CE credit is available for this archived webinar

Access all of the great sessions from the CLIMB 2024 Virtual Conference when it fits in your schedule with our on-demand recordings package. Participants can earn up to 35 hours of CE. 

If you participated in the live CLIMB Virtual Conference, you may not earn enduring CE credit for sessions where you claimed credit for live attendance. Please check your CE letters transcript to see which sessions you claimed live.

Members: $199

Non-Members: $299

Imaging informatics is a distinct subspecialty of radiology that endeavors to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and reliability of radiologic services within the medical enterprise. Although picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) are a major focus of imaging informatics, there are many other ways in which technology can improve the efficiency of individual radiologists and of the entire department. Understanding informatics principles is important because these principles affect major purchase decisions, not only for PACS but also for other supporting software and for modalities themselves. Virtually every aspect of a radiologist’s workday involves some form of communication: calling a colleague for patient history, calling a technologist to apply a protocol or check an image, reviewing images with a clinician, teaching a trainee, producing a formal report, justifying an examination to a third- party payer. All of these events fall under the purview of imaging informatics, and all of them, along with image interpretation itself, can become more efficient, more effective, and more reliable with the proper tools.

Speaker: Kenneth Fazzino, BA, RTR, PMP, CRA, FAHRA

This activity has been approved for 1.0 Category A ARRT continuing education credit.

Presented by Melody Mulaik, MSHS, FAHRA, CRA, RCC, RCCIR, CPC, COC
President, Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies

This dynamic session is for individuals responsible for any portion of the charge capture, coding, documentation, billing, and account follow-up of radiology services. All the 2024 radiology coding updates will be reviewed in detail as well as other key items of concern related to imaging services, including but not limited to, AI, supervision, reimbursement, and audit concerns. Radiology administrators as well as professionals involved in radiology compliance and revenue cycle will gain the information that they need to ensure correct coding and compliance for their organizations. It is recommended that appropriate individuals from Compliance and Finance be invited to ensure consistency and accuracy within the entire organization.

You will learn:

• 2024 Coding Updates – Diagnostic, Interventional and E/M
• Modality Specific Areas of Concern – Coding, Edits and Audit Targets
• Regulatory Updates Including Supervision, AUC and More!

AHRA Member: $99.00
Non-Member: $249.00 - includes membership thru 12/31/24. 

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This webinar has been approved for 1.5 Category A ARRT continuing education credits.

AHRA Best of 2023
Curated content from the AHRA 2023 Annual Meeting and live webinars; highlights the best professional education, advice, and innovative thinking offered by AHRA in 2023.

Sessions Include:

• Annual Meeting 2023
  • E/M for Radiology: Don’t Miss Out
  • Psychological Safety: How to Create Fearless Teams
  • Billing and Compliance for Radiology Extenders
  • Remote MRI Scanning: Critical Components for Safe Imaging
  • Simplified MRI Implant/Device Risk-Assessment
  • Leadership Buffet
• CLIMB 2023
  • Enhanced Care Coordination Drives Increased CT Asset Utilization
  • Trauma-Informed Resilient Leader
  • Using Patient Feedback as A Catalyst for Change
• On-Demand Webinars:
  • Countdown to 2024 - An FDA Regulatory Update of the Mammography Quality Standards (MQSA)
  • Illuminating Diversity: Asian American Leaders in Radiology - A DEI Conversation
  • The Role of the Modern Medical Physicist in Diagnostic Imaging
  • Mammography System Evaluations – A Physicist Weighs In
  • New Concepts in MRI Contrast Safety and Management

Up to 5.0 ARRT Category A CE credits are available for this program.

AHRA Member: FREE!
Non-Member: $125.00
Click here to learn more about the benefits of AHRA Membership.

Generously Sponsored by Bayer

AHRA May/June 2024 Quick Credit

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AHRA May/June 2024 Quick Credit

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AHRA March/April 2024 Quick Credit

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AHRA January/February 2024 Quick Credit

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