Get Accredited Now for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging
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 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 supplier 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>. Each Office Visit is an Opportunity. Medicare patients give many reasons for not getting their annual flu vaccination, but the fact is that flu seasons are unpredictable and can be severe. Each year, it is estimated that 90 percent of seasonal flu-related deaths and more than 60 percent of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations occur in people 65 years and older. Please talk with your Medicare patients about the importance of getting their annual flu vaccination. And remember, vaccination is important for healthcare workers too, who may spread the flu to high risk patients. Don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccine-Not the Flu. Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug. For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and http://www.cms.gov/immunizations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
