Membership Benefits

• 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