The American College of Radiology (ACR) next year will offer resources to help radiology professionals provide and receive payments for CT lung cancer screening.
The ACR Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Practice Registry will be available in the second quarter of 2015 to calculate audit measures and provide comparisons and benchmarks to practicing radiologists.
The registry will go into effect after the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases its data registry specifications, scheduled for December 31. The guidelines will allow practices to collect and monitor appropriate data elements early next year.
ACR will also offer sessions at ACR 2015, the society's new annual meeting for members. CT lung cancer screening sessions will include the following:
- Lung Cancer Screening: From Science to Practice
- Lung Cancer Screening: CT Interpretation and Management
- Lung Cancer Screening: Implementations and Economic Considerations for a Screening Program
In addition, the ACR Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) is designed to standardize lung cancer screening CT reporting and management recommendations, assist in lung cancer screening CT interpretations, and facilitate outcome monitoring.
ACR has also created a special lung cancer screening section on www.ACR.org.
