Membership Benefits
Education
- Annual Scientific Meeting providing Category I CME Credits
- Reduced fees for all SCCT sponsored (primary) meetings
- Discounts on SCCT print and non-print products
- Access to selected cardiovascular CT papers and slides available in the Members Only section of the SCCT website.
- Access to discussion forums focused on cardiovascular CT available in the Members Only section of the SCCT website
- Programs co-sponsored with other societies
- Early notification on the extensive schedule of CTA Academy, the training course directly taught by the SCCT
- Reduced fees for training courses taught and sponsored by the SCCT
Advocacy
- Assuring that cardiovascular CT providers obtain adequate reimbursement from all third-party payers, including Medicare
- Promoting the value of competent and skilled cardiovascular CT physicians, regardless of specialty
- Advocating for increased funding of clinical and outcomes research in the field of cardiovascular CT
- Effectively communicating the usefulness of cardiovascular CT in the diagnosis and treatment of CAD to secure access to the technology
- Support for expanded coverage of the uninsured
- Actively prevent proposed legislation and/or regulation that dictates the exclusive location (in-hospital vs. outpatient), limits reimbursement or implements guidelines that would prevent the performance of CCT by competent physicians
- Free subscriptions to advocacy bulletins related to cardiovascular CT as they are introduced by SCCT
Information
- Print and online access to the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- Access to quarterly SCCT newsletter
- Access to SCCT Standards and Guidelines
- Information on the ACC-produced and SCCT-endorsed CTSAP educational program
- Access to ACC-produced and SCCT-endorsed COCATS Guidelines on Cardiovascular CT
- Listing in the SCCT Membership Directory, online on the SCCT website
- Updated information on the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of MR and CT laboratories
Credentialing/Verification
- Offering a verification of training to SCCT members and non-members based on the published ACCF/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Imaging with Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance by objectively evaluating a person's completion of the ACCF/AHA requirements through a review by a SCCT committee in a verification process
- Reduced fees for SCCT members applying for verification/credentialing
- Access to the published ACCF/AHA requirements for training in cardiovascular CT online at the SCCT website
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