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Take Action Now South Carolina Push for CARE Bill Passage - CRITICAL!

Dear South Carolina R.T.'s,
With Congress gearing up for the lame duck session and elections behind us, now is a very important time to let your senators know how important passage of S. 3338, the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill, is to you and how important it is to pass it into law during this Congress. The CARE bill will establish certification and education standards for personnel who perform medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures for millions of Medicare patients. The CARE bill has a high potential of being voted on before the end of the year and we must build the Senate cosponsor list quickly. If your senators will not sign on as a cosponsor, you need to get them to commit to support the bill if it comes up for vote or is added to a larger bill at the end of the year.

The message you need to send to your senator is that the CARE bill will:

• Establish a minimum level of education for personnel who perform medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures.


• Maximize patient safety by ensuring individuals performing exams are certified.


• Save Medicare money by reducing the number of exams that are repeated due to technical errors.

Please contact me if you have any questions. By making these calls TODAY, we can get S. 3338 passed!

Sincerely,
Chris Steelman, MS, RT(R)(CI), RCIS
ASRT Committee on R.T. Advocacy
csteelman@x-rayintl.org

For more information on the CARE bill, go to www.asrt.org/main/standards-regulations/asrt-advocacy-and-you

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