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THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY: PRIORITIES FOR 2017-2018
William T. Thorwarth Jr. MD, FACRCEO, American College of Radiology
Texas Radiological SocietyMarch 24, 2018
DISCLOSURESNo financial disclosures
butI must disclose being a 37 year member of the
ACR and am grateful for the value it has brought to every aspect of my professional career.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS James Brink MD, FACR – ACR Board Chair Geraldine McGinty, FACR – ACR Board vice-Chair
PRIORITIES Strategy Brand assessment and positioning Establish focus for ACR Foundation
Health Policy Research Planning for likely scenarios
Industry Consolidation, AI Advocacy / Economics
Prepare members for MACRA Strengthen tools for State Chapters
Support Committee on Chapters
PRIORITIES Education Annual meeting restructure: promote governance Radiology Leadership Institute
Quality and Safety Enhance robustness of AUC for CDS Enhance Peer-Learning opportunities
Diversity Increase awareness / make a difference
Strategic Planning Continuum Strategic Plan adopted 2014
3 to 5 year time frame Program Assessment launched 2015
Focusing resources Brand Assessment/Positioning 2016
For external stakeholders For house of radiology/medicine
Strategic Plan Performance Review 2017 Opportunity for mid course corrections
REASONS TO CHANGE A STRATEGIC PLAN
Shifts in internal and/or external conditions.
Sufficient progress has been made on goals and/or objectives.
Objectives need to be revised to make progress on the goal.
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH FALL 2017
Reaffirmed Core Purpose:
To serve patients and society by empowering members to advance the practice, science, and
professions of radiological care.
Leadership Integrity Quality Innovation
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH – FALL 2017
Environmental Assessment Trends in radiology and healthcare which may impact
ACR members Five broad themes
Demographics Economics Professional Structure Informatics Technology
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH – FALL 2017
Some of the trends Identified Rise of consumerism Increased focus on outcomes measures/population
health Practice consolidation and service line reorganization Expansion of artificial intelligence applications and
opportunity for radiologists to define the ecosystem Rise of non-imaging diagnostics, especially in
genomics
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH – FALL 2017
Board of Chancellors and Council Steering Committee used a two-step process Apply results of environmental assessment Review progress made on current Plan goals
Resulting in reaffirmation of 5 out of 6 goals… with a more expansive focus for the College
…and development of a new goal for Data Science
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH FALL 2017
Data Science goal - Added To advance data science as core to clinically
relevant, safe, and effective radiologic care.
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH – FALL 2017
Healthcare Payment Policies/Practice Models Emphasis on continuing ACR’s leadership role and
educating practice leaders and members-in-training
Membership and Member Engagement Focus on member experience
to maximize the effectiveness of the Council to enhance wellness among members to facilitate leadership development through chapters/Council
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH – FALL 2017
Radiology and Patient Centered Care Focus on partnership with patients and families Inclusion of population health management
Innovation and Research Focus on patient outcomes and patient experience New objectives: To increase understanding of the impact of ACR
research
ACR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH – FALL 2017
External Relationships Focus on House of Medicine with
inclusion of medical specialties Add emphasis patient advocacy groups International radiology
organizations for strategic engagement and collaboration
ACR Strategic Plan Refresh – Fall 2017
Revised and updated Plan More expansive approach than 2014
Plan Population health, member
experience, diversity and inclusion, artificial intelligence
Emphasis on support for Council and state chapter leaders
A strong and clear guide for the ACR
What is ACR’s brand promise?- Is it persuasive, relevant and personally compelling?- Is it different among different stakeholder groups (e.g.,
members, prospective members, policy makers, public, external organizations and ACR staff)?
- How broadly and intimately do our stakeholders know ACR’s brand promise?
“BRAND” ASSESSMENT TASK FORCE
Task Force and Staff Actions Research completed Quantitative member and stakeholder survey
done in November, 2017 Full report with recommendations coming to
BOC
BRAND ASSESSMENT AND POSITIONING
CONFLICT OF INTEREST TASK FORCE Intended to address misperceptions that ACR
leadership has complex financial relationships that influence decision making
Task Force Launched May, 2016 Case Studies presented Jan., 2018 COI Policy Recommendations May, 2018
ACR FOUNDATION STRATEGIC PLAN
2016 retreat recommended and board approved revised focus on Health Policy Research
Includes Neiman Health Policy Institute Produces research directly influencing policy
Unique and distinct from other radiology funds and foundations (e.g. RSNA R&E, Roentgen Funds)
Neiman Health Policy Institute
Mission:Study the role and value of radiology and
radiologists in evolving health care delivery and payment systems
NEIMAN HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE
Produces research directly influencing policy CMS MACRA Final Rule adopted our
recommendation of >100 patient facing encounters to be designated “patient facing” for MIPS participation
HPI ASSISTING MEMBERS
Numerous JACR articles on MACRA/MIPS Information for practices to cope with evolving
payment reform: Radiology Patient Facing Dataset:
(http://www.neimanhpi.org/patient-facing/) to help radiologists determine if they will receive special consideration under MIPS
LEADING THE WAY
Radiology Associates of North Texas Texas Radiology Associates
Triple impact due to matches by ARSF and ACR
AND INDIVIDUAL DONORSPaul Weatherall
Zeke SilvaJames Murphy
Steven HuangShah Baiju
Thank you all for your vision!
SCENARIO PLANNING Scenario planning exercises are intended to
anticipate possible futures and react to them prospectively
“In this business, by the time you realize you’re in trouble, it’s too late to save yourself. Unless you’re running scared all the time, you’re gone”
-- Bill Gates
SCENARIO PLANNING
• 2009: ACR, SCARD Scenario Planning• Neither anticipated potential impact of artificial
intelligence, machine learning• Many drivers will push our specialty in different
directions• MACRA, AI, Consolidated practice models
• 2016: Board exercise
STRATEGIC LEARNING INITIATIVE
Factors affecting healthcare are numerous and fast-moving
Need to recognize in real time changes in the environment, policy, and technology that affect radiology ACR Office of Strategic Planning and
Business Excellence (OSPBE)
Commission On Economics
Commission on Quality and Safety
Commission On Informatics
Commission on Patient and Family
Centered Care
Government Relations
Outstanding ACR Staff
Specialty Commissions
Neiman Health Policy Institute
ACR Members And Our Patients
ACR MACRA WORKGROUP
ANTHEM’S NEW ADVANCED IMAGING PRIOR
AUTHORIZATION POLICY
TIMELINE OF POLICY ROLL-OUTJuly 1, 2017:
IndianaKentuckyMissouri
Wisconsin
September 1, 2017:ColoradoGeorgiaNevada
New YorkOhio
December 1, 2017:California
March 1, 2018:Connecticut
MaineVirginia
ACR Position on Anthem’s Policy ACR opposes this aggressive economically-driven steerage
policy.
ACR would equally oppose a reverse steerage policy arbitrarily moving patients from the independent imaging center to the hospital setting.
Regardless of where radiologists practice, allowing this policy to stand will accelerate the commoditization of diagnostic imaging.
Anthem’s policy makes patients pawns in insurer-hospital negotiations, and inserts a wedge between patients and their physicians and radiologists.
ACR ANNUAL MEETING
After 3 years of an all-member, education-focused program, attendee feedback was clear Educational programming and Council sessions
competed at expense of key Council activities
Decision: ACR 2018 and beyond will be a Council-
focused meeting with limited additional programming
in support of chapter, RFS & YPS needs
RADIOLOGY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
RADIOLOGY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (RLI)
RLI awarded “Best Radiologist Training Program” by Aunt Minnie for 2014 and 2016
Summit at Babson College Sept. 7-9, 2018 RLI program modules completed to teach ABR
milestones to 19 enrolled residency programs
CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT
24 years of continuous work Hundreds of clinical experts Multi-specialty based >6000 literature references AHRQ NGC approved Continuously updated Fully transparent Widely referenced
ACR Appropriateness Criteria At The Point Of Care
ACR SELECT USE WIDESPREAD
R-SCAN Participation: >100 practices with >3000 radiologists Radiologists and referrers get “high value
Improvement Activity under MIPS ABR and ABIM award MOC Part 4
Results, reduction in inappropriate imaging: 1 of 4 Support and Alignment Networks (SANs)
recognized at the CMS February Quality Conference for generating results showing reduced unnecessary testing
BUT RADIOLOGISTS NEED SUPPORT AS WELL
Need for standardized reporting Perception that radiologists commonly
recommend additional imaging Evidence based and consensus criteria on
appropriate recommendations exist but are complex and not consistently followed
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REDUCING VARIABILITY
REDUCING VARIABILITY
“Agreement is lacking, both across institutions and within departments,
for the management of 6 commonly encountered incidental
findings on body CT.”
COMPUTER ASSISTED REPORTING
ACR ASSIST
September, 2012
2012 IOM REPORT: BEST CARE AT LOWER COST
“…eligible professionals will be able to meet the MIPS
quality reporting requirements by
participation in a QCDR.”
PATIENT-AND-FAMILY-CENTERED CARE TOOLKIT
A new, dynamic resource to help you improvepatient- and family-centered care in your practice.
STAFF WITH A HEART Hurricane relief fund grand total, including
excellent effort by all locations:
$26672
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incredibly dedicated staff have been working on your behalf to fulfill our Core Purpose.
We represent radiologists in all practice environments/structures and are your career partner.
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