CRAs pass AHRA test with flying colors

The credential, CRA, may be more prevalent throughout the radiology community as the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) announced the results from its August Certified Radiology Administrators (CRA) exam. Ninety percent of the 60 radiology administrators who took the exam received a passing score. There are currently 354 certified radiology administrators nationwide.

Funded by a five-year grant from Rochester, N.Y.-based  Eastman Kodak Co., the program developed upon completion of an AHRA market research survey that determined an overwhelming majority of radiology administrators desired a certification program.

As the industry's first certification program for RAs, the CRA is designed to elevate professional standards, enhance individual performance and recognize administrators who demonstrate knowledge in the practice of departmental management.

 First administered on July 27, 2002, 86 percent of the 236 RAs who took the inaugural CRA exam passed.

Friday, Nov. 7, 2003 is the next date of the exam at testing centers located in Las Vegas, Nev.; White Plains, N.Y; Charlotte, N.C.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Dallas, Texas. An application can be downloaded from AHRA's Web site: http://www.ahraonline.org/certification.htm

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup