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Honestly curious: are most radiologists actually following guidelines like Lung RADS in practice, especially just after publication? Is it part of any standardi
by wswope 8y ago
Honestly curious: are most radiologists actually following guidelines like Lung RADS in practice, especially just after publication? Is it part of any standardized CME?
It's my impression that there's often a big gap between ACR best practices and what's happening on the ground in most places, which was a key point the doctor in the article was making.
- riahi 8y agoAdoption of Lung-Rads is essentially required to be designated as an ACR screening center. To be reimbursed for Lung Cancer Screening, you must provide registry data to CMS (the registry is run by the ACR). It's not codified into Federal Law, but if reimbursement requires a Lung-Rads code, then it's more or less mandated. I'd argue out of all the fields of medicine, Radiology is pretty quick to adopt new technology or reporting schemes "on the ground". See the proliferation of Lung-Rads, TI-Rads, Cad-Rads, LI-Rads, PI-Rads, etc.
- wswope 8y agoThat's good to know, thank you for the response!