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SIR announces 2019 SIR Executive Council slate of candidates and SIR Foundation Board
of Directors appointees SIR President M. Victoria Marx, MD, FSIR, has announced the slate of candidates selected by the SIR Nominating Committee to fill the open elected positions on the SIR Executive Council and the appointees for the open SIR Foundation Board positions. As required by the SIR bylaws, voting members have 60 days to review the slate of candidates for elected positions and decide whether to reserve approval of the candidates and to petition for the nomination and placement of alternative candidates on a mail ballot.
SIR Executive Council elected positions
• Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIR— SIR Secretary
• Mary Marcelle Costantino, MD— Private Practice Councilor
• Raymond W. Liu, MD, FSIR—Health Policy and Economics Division Councilor (reappointment: three- year term)
• Raj Pyne, MD—Member Services Division Councilor
In addition to the SIR Executive Council slate of elected positions, Filip Banovac, MD, FSIR, has been appointed SIR Treasurer. He will serve in this role for SIR, as well as for SIR Foundation, for a three-year term.
To accomplish a smooth transition in the management of the society from year to year, per the SIR bylaws, the secretary automatically becomes president-elect and the president-elect becomes president. Following the 2019 Annual Members’ Business Meeting, Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIR, will become president and Michael D. Dake, MD, FSIR, will become president-elect.
CMS releases 2019 QPP
final rule On Nov. 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 Quality Payment Program (QPP) final rule. The final rule sets payment adjustments at +/- 7 percent for payment year 2021, adds a new low-volume threshold to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and adjusts the weights of MIPS’ four performance score components. A summary of the rule is available on the CMS website.
Now available: 2019 Interventional Radiology
Coding Update The Interventional Radiology Coding Update is one of SIR’s most valuable member benefits, providing free, up-to-date coding information critical to physicians, administrators and coders. The 2019 edition—featuring a searchable PDF and the customizable Excel charge sheets—is now available in your online member account. The update also includes a full review of new codes, including peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs), dilation of a urinary tract percutaneous access for endourologic procedure. Log in to access and download the files. Learn more during the February 2019 webinar (watch SIR communications for more details).
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SIR is pleased to announce that voting is now open at
bit.ly/2019IRQcontest for the 2019 IRQ writing contest. We thank the 17 SIR member IRs-in-training (nine medical students and eight residents-in-training) who shared their vision on “What medicine will look like in 100 years”: Zain Badar, Sarah Benich, Rajat Chand, Jesse Chen, Michael Aaron Chorney, Joshua Ellis, Tushar Garg, Caleb Heiberger, Daniel Hynes, M. Sobhi Jabal, Andrew Johnston, Liam O’Neill, Hammad Malik, Priya Mody, Jawad Qureshi, Austin Shinagawa and Yi Yang. The top three winners, selected by the IR community, will each receive $500 and will have their essays published in a print edition of IRQ.
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