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Calendar of events
The SIR Foundation 2nd Annual Virtual Balloon
Auction reporting a 22% increase over 2020! SIR Foundation’s 2nd Annual Virtual Balloon Auction raised $174K from member and corporate donors. We thank our donors for their generous support of SIR Foundation's mission to bring researchers together around IR knowledge, priorities and partnerships that help our members improve patient care through exciting breakthrough treatments.
The balloons celebrating each donation have floated over to the Virtual Balloon Auction page on the SIR Foundation website. If you missed the fundraiser and still want to go above and beyond for SIR Foundation this year, learn how you can make your 2021 Annual Fund gift
Learn about the Annual Fund here:
bit.ly/314YTbF. Congratulations to SIR Foundation's
2021 grant recipients! SIR Foundation congratulates its 2021 grant recipients! This year, there are 16 grant recipients from various institutions and are researchers at all levels. For more information on this year's recipients, visit
sirfoundation.org.
SIR signs onto the clinical labor coalition letter to CMS
SIR along with 12 other specialty societies signed onto the clinical labor coalition (CLC) letter for CY 2022 regarding the proposed Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) policies. The letter advocates for cost-effective, efficient, and safe healthcare. Outlining how the clinical labor proposal, if implemented, will jeopardize access to care for Medicare beneficiaries in non-facility offices. In the letter we urge CMS not to implement this update for CY 2022. Instead, we are strongly recommending they consider adjustments to the scaling factor(s), analyze the budget neutrality options, publish non-BLS ‘other sources’ wage data, update specific clinical labor wage rates based on stakeholder comments and data, consider the use of median wage rates, apply a more current fringe benefits multiplier and analyze and publish codes with the most significant impacts.
Read the letter here:
bit.ly/3hOvGay
Nov. 8, 8–9 p.m. ET ECS: Building and fostering industry relationships
bit.ly/3nBJo3Z
Nov. 12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ET ACTIVE 2021
bit.ly/3CgWwjd
IR selected as theme for International
Day of Radiology On Nov. 8, join your radiological colleagues in celebrating the value of IR. The International Day of Radiology is an annual event created to raise awareness of the value that radiology contributes to safe patient care and improving public understanding of the vital role radiologists and radiographers play in the healthcare continuum.
This year, IR is being celebrated for the essential role it has played on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the minimally invasive therapies it can offer to patients every day.
You can get involved in two ways:
• Share photos of you and your colleagues celebrating IDoR 2021 on your social media accounts with the hashtag #IDoR2021.
• Follow SIR at @SIRSpecialists to join the celebration and support your IR colleagues!
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