Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation - Time is Running Out As a reminder, beginning Sun Jan 1, 2012, suppliers who furnish the technical component of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) must be accredited in order to bill Medicare for these services. ADI procedures include MRI, CT, nuclear medicine imaging, and positron emission tomography; x-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, and Hospital Outpatient procedures are excluded. The technical component of ADI services includes the performance of the imaging procedures, not the physician interpretation.
For dates of service on or after Sun Jan 1, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will begin denying claims for the technical component of ADI that are submitted under the Physician Fee Schedule by suppliers who have not yet been accredited. Once a provider becomes accredited, they can begin billing Medicare for these services again. For more information about ADI Accreditation, including a list of accrediting organizations and details of the accreditation process, please visit http://www.CMS.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/03_AdvancedDiagnosticImagingAccreditation.asp<http://www.cms.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/03_AdvancedDiagnosticImagingAccreditation.asp>. An MLN Special Edition Article on this subject - "Important Reminders about Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Requirements" (MLN SE1122) - is also available at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1122.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1122.pdf>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaccinate Early to Protect Against the Flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu vaccination as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. Remind your patients that annual vaccination is recommended for optimal protection. Medicare pays for the flu vaccine and its administration for seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries with no co-pay or deductible. Take advantage of each office visit and start protecting your patients as soon as your 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine arrives. And, don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Get the Flu Vaccination -- Not the Flu. Remember - Influenza vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. Note that influenza vaccine is NOT a Part D covered drug. For information about Medicare's coverage of the influenza vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational resources for health care professionals and their staff, please visit http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
