The 2009 ACR Forum: Health Care Payment Models

The 2009 ACR Forum addressed health care payment models, the strengths and weaknesses of different models under consideration, their implications for radiology, and the role radiologists should play in the debate.

Key Words: Health care, health policy, health care payment, radiology, radiologists

a Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

b Commonwealth Radiology Associates, Brockton, Massachusetts

c Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

d Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

e Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

f Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

g American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia

Corresponding author and reprints: Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 702 Barnhill Drive, Room 1053, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200

PII: S1546-1440(09)00485-2

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2009.09.027

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