Chapter Delegate Report
June 2007

June 2, 2007 7:20 A.M.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. Convention Center

Overview of the House of Delegates meeting:

• SNM asked all to participate in the survey from CMS for reimbursement on unit doses
• The Councils have increased funding for council meeting at mid winter to $3,000
• The Young Professionals Committee will appoint a resident to be on the SNM board
• PET Center of Excellence elected new board of directors
• Molecular Imaging Center of Excellence has a 5 year plan funded by the $5 million bench to bedside campaign ( $3.9 millions raised first year)
• Definition of molecular imaging- visualization, characterization, and measurement of biological processes in living systems
• A public relations agency has been hired for the rebranding for molecular imaging- we are SNM Advanced Molecular Imaging and Therapy not society of nuclear medicine,
• 87 press releases this year
• Molecular Imaging website available June 3, 2007
• Nuclear medicine pay for performance by CMS starts August 2007 there must be quality measures in place- working with the AMA consortium nuclear medicine participating by developing thyroid imaging appropriateness criteria
• Technologist training must include SPECT/PET CT in all programs by 2010
• Technologist entry level BS degree by 2015
• Advance practice for Nuclear Medicine will be in place by 2008
• The technologist scope of practice updated
• June 3 -9, 2007 Molecular Imaging Week
• Strategic plan for the SNMTS presented at the annual meeting
• ABNM (American Board of Nuclear Medicine) maintenance of certification in the next 5-10 years there will be re-examination not once in a lifetime exam and some states are now in the process of requiring re-exams this is a board process not SNM
• SNM membership 59% technologists and 32% MD's has grown by 10% this year---- total 16,000 members
• Capital Campaign " Bench to Bedside",
  1. Advocacy: reimbursement and research funding,
  2. Outreach: md's, patient groups, funding agencies, regulators and general public
  3. Education: position SNM as central education repository for molecular imaging
  4. Research: assist new investigators in the field of molecular imaging
  5. Support by corporate pledges with a goal of $5 million; $3.9 raised with $85,000 from individuals
  6. A 5 year plan now in place
• SNM will have a Capitol Hill Day at the annual meeting in Washington- prior to the meeting 2,000 phone calls, faxes or e-mails were sent

Respectfully submitted,

Deborah Havens, CNMT

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