[Intl_DxMedPhys] Mammography CE question

[Daniel Vergara]

I have not ever had an issue with a MQSA inspector. When I search for
lectures to take to fulfill my CE, for example, I filter using "breast". I
also tend to enjoy the NM and CT of breast talks because they can
simultaneously apply to MQSA and ACR NM, CT.

Thanks,
Daniel Vergara

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026, 9:40 AM Ryan Fisher via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <
intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Happy Friday! Question for everyone. We had a comment in the Spring
> Clinical Meeting survey where someone was upset that there weren’t 5 hours
> of mammography credit offered. We always have 5 hours in the mammography
> track, though this past year
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> Happy Friday!
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> Question for everyone. We had a comment in the Spring Clinical Meeting
> survey where someone was upset that there weren’t 5 hours of mammography
> credit offered. We always have 5 hours in the mammography track, though
> this past year there was a 2 hr session on Breast MR, which was coded in
> CAMPEP as “Diagnostic Radiology: Mammography.”
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> These CAMPEP transcripts are all I’ve ever used for MQSA inspections, and
> I’ve never had any issues with an inspector not counting something because
> the title references something other than the strict “radiography of the
> breast”  definition of mammography.
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> The FDA’s Small Entity Compliance Guide
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> has this blurb for physics CME
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> *Have people had issues with inspectors on this?* We’re obviously trying
> to serve attendees’ needs at the meeting, but I wasn’t aware there were any
> issues with non-x-ray of the breast sessions counting for CME since the
> guidance seems pretty cut and dried. One could conceivably even claim
> credits for non-breast imaging sessions if you wanted to try to convince an
> inspector that those were anticipated to help you in your role as a medical
> physicist, though I usually just try to keep 15 hrs of CAMPEP coded mammo
> credits to avoid having those kinds of arguments.
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> Curious to hear other people’s experiences on this.
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> Thanks!
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> Ryan
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