Promoting the value of a clinical practice in interventional radiology

Be able to explain to decision makers the value of creating an in-house clinical IR practice.

Interventional radiology has a significant story to tell. And health care payment and delivery changes under MACRA may be a powerful wind at our back.

With a few notable exceptions, the current interventional radiology model in many health care systems is to employ a few interventional radiologists to do specific procedures on a case-by-case basis. Many IRs want to expand on that model to see in-house clinical IR practices offer robust service lines in health systems nationwide.

The tools or resources to start conversations with health system decision makers to get such practices off the ground, may not always be available to IRs on the local level. The ACR and SIR have joined forces to overcome this challenge.

Custom tools that help you make the case for IR.

We strongly urge interventional radiologists and radiology business managers to use these new downloadable resources, which may be customized, to educate hospital executives and radiology group officers on the benefits of starting an in-house clinical IR practice.

Download and customize the materials in this toolkit to aid these discussions:

Video: Interventional Radiology Is Modern Medicine
PowerPoint: The Clinical and Economic Value of an IR Practice
Talking Points: The Clinical and Economic Value of an IR Practice
Customizable Brochure (print double-sided to one sheet of good paper and fold in half)

Promoting the value of a clinical practice in interventional radiology

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