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ASTRO 2010  (American Society for Radiation Oncology) 52nd annual meeting will take place from October 31 - November 4, 2010 at San Diego Convention Center, San Diego.

On April 16, President Obama signed into law the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (HR 4851), reversing a 21% payment cut for Medicare physicians and providing a 0% update for doctors through May 31, 2010. Medicare had been holding claims since April 1 in anticipation of Congressional action to stop the payment cuts. The bill, approved by the Senate and House on April 15, also includes ASTRO -supported language extending eligibility to hospital outpatient physicians to qualify for electronic health record incentive payments under the new program beginning in 2011. Ensuring hospital outpatient physicians are eligible for incentive payments has been an ASTRO advocacy priority with the Obama Administration and with Congress during ASTRO Advocacy Day. Congress will have to act before May 31 to again stop physician payment cuts.

The theme of the ASTRO 2010 Annual Meeting is “Gathering Evidence, Proving Value,” and will reflect the realities of practicing medicine in 2010 and the urgent needs of the specialty to show its efficacy and prove its worth.

Source: ASTRO

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