Medicare Part B Newsline March 2012 - Cahaba GBA

Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) Accreditation Enrollment Procedures.(Change Request (CR) 7681 Fully Rescinds and Replaces CR 7177)- RevisedNote: This article was revised on February 10, 2012, to reflect the revised CR7681 issued on February 9,2012. In the article, the CR release date, transmittal number, and the Web address for accessing CR7681were revised. All other information is the same.Provider Types AffectedPhysicians, providers, and suppliers submitting claims to Medicare contractors (carriers and/or A/BMedicare Administrative Contractors (A/B MACs)) for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) servicesprovided to Medicare beneficiaries.Provider Action NeededThis article is based on Change Request (CR) 7681 which fully rescinds and replaces CR7177.CR7177 established that ADI providers/suppliers would need to provide their ADI accreditation informationby completing an Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) applicationor a CMS-855 application.. CR7681 changes this requirement and allows for the accrediting organizationsto provide the listing of who is accredited through a weekly file. Since this change, providers/suppliers nolonger need to complete the ADI information in Internet-based PECOS or on a CMS-855 form(s).See the ‘Background’ and ‘Additional Information’ sections of this article for further details regarding thesechanges.BackgroundThe Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA - Section 135(a); seehttp://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-110publ275/pdf/PLAW-110publ275.pdf on the Internet) amendedthe Social Security Act (Section 1834(e); see http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title18/1834.htm on theInternet) and required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) todesignate organizations to accredit suppliers, including but not limited to physicians, non-physicianpractitioners, and Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities, that furnish the Technical Component (TC) ofADI services.MIPPA specifically defines Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) procedures as including diagnosticMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), and Nuclear Medicine Imaging (NMI)such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The law also authorizes the HHS Secretary to specify otherdiagnostic imaging services in consultation with physician specialty organizations and other stakeholders.In order to furnish the TC of advanced diagnostic imaging services for Medicare beneficiaries,providers/suppliers must be accredited by January 1, 2012.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented (effective January 1, 2012) therequirement that ADI providers and/or suppliers must be accredited for ADI services specific to eachmodality for which they will submit claims. Originally, CMS required the providers/suppliers to providetheir accreditation information on their respective CMS-855 form, or through the internet-based PECOS.Medicare B Newsline March 2012 53