Slow implementation bogs down Medicare-mandated imaging accreditation

August 1, 2008 Slow implementation bogs down Medicare-mandated imaging accreditation James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pro-radiology forces are claiming mandated Medicare accreditation as a victory. They will have to wait until January 2012, however, to see the actual implementation of federal law passed in July to mandate accreditation for high-tech medical imaging covered by outpatient Medicare. The Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act limits its precedent-setting accreditation requirement to the technical component of MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, and PET scanning, according to Josh Cooper, senior director of government relations at the American College of Radiology. Diagnostic ultrasound and x-ray were excluded.

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