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<p class="MsoNormal">Dustin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Narrow",sans-serif;color:#174E86">Dustin A. Gress, MS, FACR, FAAPM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Douglas Pfeiffer via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 12, 2025 1:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mahadevappa Mahesh <mmahesh@jhmi.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] [EXTERNAL] Re: URGENT: Help Protect a Cancer-Reducing Safeguard in Hospitals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since it seems that the decision will be made based on volume of comments as much as content, the number of signatories might not matter and it might be better to have each organization send its own.
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Matt Wait via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <<a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:59<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Douglas Pfeiffer <<a href="mailto:xraydoug@me.com">xraydoug@me.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] [EXTERNAL] Re: URGENT: Help Protect a Cancer-Reducing Safeguard in Hospitals<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I misspoke and the article was a bit misleading. The article is only reporting on the proposed, not final rulemaking.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Douglas Pfeiffer <<a href="mailto:xraydoug@me.com">xraydoug@me.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 12, 2025 8:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Matt Wait <<a href="mailto:Matt.Wait@kp.org">Matt.Wait@kp.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ryan Fisher <<a href="mailto:rfisher1@metrohealth.org">rfisher1@metrohealth.org</a>>; Medich, Tara <<a href="mailto:TMEDICH@mgh.harvard.edu">TMEDICH@mgh.harvard.edu</a>>;
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] [EXTERNAL] Re: URGENT: Help Protect a Cancer-Reducing Safeguard in Hospitals</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m confused. If the comment period is open until 9/15, why is a decision being announced now? I’m all in favor of the decision, it just seems odd to make it before the comment period closes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sep 12, 2025, at 9:25<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM, Matt Wait via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a></span></u>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Update: We won this round. <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/radiologybusiness.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-quality/medicare-opts-not-make-ct-radiation-related-quality-measure-mandatory-2027__;!!KGKeukY!zbvcNBWICiqelbbDuVBifdMkK0izAe2_3PPi6zDgK3DTHfqD_uRMutA7O6deXrH6Q9SM0oaDRKXj6GcNmHi4J6aoxbzNj1OSfoeEOoA$">https://radiologybusiness.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-quality/medicare-opts-not-make-ct-radiation-related-quality-measure-mandatory-2027</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list-bounces@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list-bounces@lists.osu.edu</a></span></u>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Fisher via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 12, 2025 8:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Medich, Tara <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:TMEDICH@mgh.harvard.edu">TMEDICH@mgh.harvard.edu</a></span></u>>;
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a></span></u><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Another nudge to please submit comments in favor of making this metric optional vs mandatory before 9/15. Adam’s email has sample language you can cut/paste. It sounds like CMS weighs all submissions
equally, so one comment from an organization</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="wordsection1"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:red">Caution: </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red">This email came from outside Kaiser Permanente. Do not open attachments or click on links if
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Another nudge to please submit comments in favor of making this metric optional vs mandatory before 9/15. Adam’s email has sample language you can cut/paste.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It sounds like CMS weighs all submissions equally, so one comment from an organization like ACR or AAPM holds the same weight in their eyes as one comment from a UCSF co-worker responding to a Smith-Bindman
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list-bounces+rfisher1=metrohealth.org@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list-bounces+rfisher1=metrohealth.org@lists.osu.edu</a></span></u>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Medich, Tara via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 12, 2025 10:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a></span></u><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All – Jerry rightly pointed out that my email gave the appearance of my supporting the UCSF initiative to change the proposed rule and require mandatory reporting of CT dose and image quality. I absolutely
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The information sent from Adam Springer is what I am in favor of. Comments supporting the proposed rule for voluntary reporting need to be submitted by those who are technically qualified to provide solid
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The volume of comments opposing the proposed rule are growing. We need to match those numbers expressing support for the rule to change the CT metric reporting from mandatory to voluntary.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mea culpa,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-Tara</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Medich, Tara via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 11, 2025 3:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a></span></u><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Re: URGENT: Help Protect a Cancer-Reducing Safeguard in Hospitals</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Thank you for posting, Jerry. This is related to Adam Springer’s email from last night. The Smith-Bindman campaign is blazing through social media. There are hundreds of comments from her “supporters”
on the regulations.</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">gov site. Please see</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="wordsection1"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white;background:red"> External Email - Use Caution </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for posting, Jerry. This is related to Adam Springer’s email from last night.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Smith-Bindman campaign is blazing through social media. There are hundreds of comments from her “supporters” on the regulations.gov site. Please see her exact comment near the bottom of the first email:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#C82613">My contacts at CMS have assured me if we get enough letters opposing the change, the proposed rule could be reversed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The goal is to overwhelm with volume. There are four days remaining in the comment period. <b>Please submit a statment!!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Tara M. Medich, MS, CHP</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jerry Thomas via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 11, 2025 12:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> International Diagnostic Medical Physics List <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a></span></u>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Intl_DxMedPhys] Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Re: URGENT: Help Protect a Cancer-Reducing Safeguard in Hospitals</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">I thought this email thread might be of interest to some members of the list. Dr. Smith-Bindman is a substantial part of the driving force behind the CMS requirement for CT effective dose reporting.
The ALARA company -- I believe run by her</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thought this email thread might be of interest to some members of the list. Dr. Smith-Bindman is a substantial part of the driving force behind the CMS requirement for CT effective dose reporting. The ALARA company -- I believe run
by her husband -- is the "Free solution" being pushed on many smaller hospitals. Personally, her standance in this area causes me great concern, as I feel it should be to others in our field. I have no idea what the "end goal" of her push is -- but it is
most likely not without substantial financial gain on her part, rather than a "true" concern about the potential cancer risk from CT.<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <b>Smith-Bindman, Rebecca</b> <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:Rebecca.Smith-Bindman@ucsf.edu" target="_blank">Rebecca.Smith-Bindman@ucsf.edu</a></span></u>><br>
Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 6:39<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM<br>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: URGENT: Help Protect a Cancer-Reducing Safeguard in Hospitals<br>
To: Smith-Bindman, Rebecca <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:Rebecca.Smith-Bindman@ucsf.edu" target="_blank">Rebecca.Smith-Bindman@ucsf.edu</a></span></u>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m reaching out for your help on an incredibly important issue to me and millions of patients nationwide. We’re in the final days of a campaign to tell Washington: make CT safer. Your past support has been very meaningful and I hope you'll
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new federal rule would make CT imaging less safe, causing 25,000 preventable cancers each year.</span></a></span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 27, 2025 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Smith-Bindman, Rebecca <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:Rebecca.Smith-Bindman@ucsf.edu" target="_blank">Rebecca.Smith-Bindman@ucsf.edu</a></span></u>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> URGENT: Help Protect a Cancer-Reducing Safeguard in Hospitals</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this finds you well and having a nice summer. As participants in our Virtual Symposium on CT, I know you care deeply about patient health and safety, I’m asking if you would take action to oppose new federal rules that would make
CT imaging less safe by weakening requirements for hospitals to report their CT radiation data.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Currently, a mandatory measure is in place for hospitals that monitors the amount of radiation used during CT scans, ensuring doses remain within safe limits. However, CMS announced a proposal that would make reporting CT radiation data
<b><i><u>optional</u></i></b> for hospitals. <b>If this change goes into effect, hospital radiation monitoring will become ineffective. Patients will be exposed to unnecessarily high radiation, and<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/secure-web.cisco.com/1M64aAhw18KQadm4IZRKqsH71CxwmQnNYDRdGvLxypsavFHKLh-_186MDxgN9t4yPNSC80-eRUjugY0GMKyXXk97UClglHtV1tnuZn0HS1AwCtNNOTRgKPdnu7_Iytg2na2xBR99Jxk0-_I1CKqinrxcQ9u-IMR0q9PRxTRGAfMZ11nNaT4b2xyy_bnMfy2pzivmtMjnCp9vaEJqKi83RKNzXs9DYGB2ZpDhfOlwIE6OonriHdYIocXxV7w_C9Bqli46Aqc4M8etimCy_LnpmGvEcqvytSDdK0dTrV_Ign8HFfCXpsnbCKoIvf-6N3ddgKIlbimprbioYm_DeQKR0vQ/https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__https*3A*2F*2Fsecure-web.cisco.com*2F1dv86z054EgSfJBXp_2sq1CXrfjZFPKwwIXLeTzjdovArt_dPLb_6FgZwTifZHjxVt47za4KuApoTeU399BI0sxPh-wY5k9rnO2ZckCUaaMqu7cc0jYiHo0sinzx72dxrGNRBpUY7ZhJVrpSD7N1YJf0W-frWHIF6BWbVD2TFug3K5jRaN6EGFQBgMAiTykEwTxY66bDgAewY3rBRFjcTgrR1JHsVm4lDDTgqKR7yWWKOJwnz__zCS2ZXX8HhDsjKdHNUHOO20nFv7CCNIpieAznqlf8P9sX2Kiw4kZmTVDqGzaB-io_oawVZXyjfOyci*2Fhttps*2A3A*2A2F*2A2Furldefense.com*2A2Fv3*2A2F__https*2A3A*2A2F*2A2Fjamanetwork.com*2A2Fjournals*2A2Fjamainternalmedicine*2A2Ffullarticle*2A2F2832778__*2A3B*2A21*2A21KGKeukY*2A21z2kAh_kQJGWn1FW2P63hUmckhurynjKuRjYiF7FlrEGUa0wkvyeQg9u5kJT_XOjA_AvDkZeeEfwIPAgY1HjEkhp-hKxDL_zu7UERob1TAQLOl68*2A24__*3BJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU*21*21KGKeukY*21yGKHnwn5GsTiwNY24Hh05sAFz3w6CmCuZowpbpxGpxrRt7PZcfZUZrs7NduLlsRDx1BaWfpGbZUZPoE76pDC77_OXvObQE42GRnSnDQfWZ33dA*24__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!KGKeukY!wLyu6xWFMohyY1OukI_HG4wIv8esAvccOZnrHARz9Gf_YqrlfKg5o8ENFtVic7yFJX77ovSMF0l8dzG7sB54ZSF1SHY8cPmtUo_QvFRX5MyBdg$" target="_blank">thousands
of preventable cancers will occur</a></span></u>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In response to this unfortunate news, I’m reaching out to colleagues, friends, and family to
<b>tell CMS to stop this dangerous rollback for patient safety.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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