Medicare Town Hall tonight, Beware of Fake ASTRO 2025 Reg & Housing sites, National Spotlight on RT
August 6, 2025
| Last chance to register for tonight’s Medicare Payment Town Hall |
| Register now for ASTRO’s member-only Town Hall tonight, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, to hear from radiation oncology’s leading coding and reimbursement experts on the major Medicare changes starting January 1, 2026. ASTRO’s Health Policy Council physician leaders, who have spent years working on the code development and valuation for revised treatment delivery and image guidance codes, will review Medicare’s key proposals and their potential impact on the specialty. For a preview, check out this Radonc Report Podcast. |
| Senate appropriators approve FY26 health funding |
| Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill by a bipartisan vote of 26-3. The bill includes $48.7 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which represents a $400 million increase over FY25. It also includes $7.374 billion for the National Cancer Institute (a $150 million increase) and keeps funding level for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) at $1.5 billion. See more at What’s Happening in Washington. |
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| Alert! ASTRO 2025 Registration and hotel fraud notice |
| It has come to our attention that individuals not affiliated with ASTRO or our official registration and housing vendor, SPARGO, Inc., are purporting to represent ASTRO and misleading prospective attendees into registering and booking hotel rooms through their third-party websites. Sponsored Google Ads sites are appearing in search results; be aware of any registration site that takes you away from this url: www.astro.org/meetings-and-education/micro-sites/2025/annual-meeting/attend/registration.
SPARGO, Inc. is the only official registration and housing provider for the ASTRO Annual Meeting. Please notify the ASTRO Registration and Housing Center if you are contacted by someone other than from SPARGO, Inc., or come across a fraudulent website via a Google ad or search result. Learn more. |
| ASTRO 2025: Speed Mentoring — Back and better than ever! |
| Speed Mentoring is back at the ASTRO Annual Meeting! The event features a series of one-on-one, 10-minute sessions, where mentees meet with an array of leading experts from the field. This year, we will offer three sessions in the Early Career and Mentoring Lounge. On Sunday, September 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., we will host two sessions specifically for medical students and for international attendees. The next sessions are open to all and are on Sunday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., with the final session on Monday from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Bring your questions! Not registered for the meeting yet? Register by August 14 to save! |
| National media outlet spotlights emerging role of RT beyond cancer |
| The Washington Post ran a weekend feature (gift link) on the growing use of low-dose radiation therapy to treat noncancerous conditions such as Dupuytren’s disease, plantar fasciitis and osteoarthritis. The story highlights ASTRO's leadership in this area and features perspectives from Gopal Bajaj, MD, MBA, FASTRO, the musculoskeletal lead on ASTRO’s Radiation Medicine Task Force and ASTRO member Sanjay Mehta, MD. Interested in learning more? The Presidential Symposium at this year’s Annual Meeting, "Rediscovering Radiation Medicine and Exploring New Indications," will dive into the evidence for musculoskeletal, cardiac and functional neurologic uses of radiotherapy, led by global subject matter experts from multiple disciplines. |
| APEx announces newly accredited facilities |
Congratulations to the following facilities for achieving accreditation through ASTRO’s APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence®:
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