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Welcome to the official website of the ICAEL. Accreditation
is a voluntary process, although reimbursement policies have
been enacted throughout the United States by Medicare and other
providers that require ICAEL Accreditation. This website provides
access to general information, technical articles, reimbursement
policies, and a list of accredited laboratories for the ICAEL.
CHANGE IN POLICY: DELAYED LABORATORIES
The following policy will be applied to all application deadlines occurring after September 1, 2008.
Upon receiving a delayed accreditation decision, the laboratory will:
- have one year to provide the additionally requested documentation demonstrating adherence to the Standards as outlined in the accreditation notification letter
- be permitted to submit one set of delay material to be reviewed by the applicable IAC division, free of charge
- be assessed a $200 review fee if, after providing the additional material, the laboratory still has not demonstrated compliance and further information is required
- have a maximum of only three delay material submissions to demonstrate compliance; if continued non-compliance is documented after review of the three resubmissions, the laboratory will be required to fully reapply for accreditation and undergo a complete application review. (Note: Each testing area in which a lab applies is considered independent and allowed a total of three submissions each.)
- All accreditation fees are non-refundable and will be due at the time of subsequent application submissions.
To learn more, please see Change In Policy: Delay Status, appearing in the Autumn 2008 issue of the IAC Newsletter. >>
Accreditation Mandate Included in New Medicare Bill
IAC Commends the U.S. Congress for Passing the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
JULY 2008 | The U.S. Congress passed and upheld the Patients and Providers Act on July 9th and 15th, 2008. The bill requires that by 2012, providers of advanced diagnostic imaging services, inclusive of Nuclear Medicine, MR, CT, and PET, must obtain accreditation as a condition for reimbursement. In addition, it establishes a two year voluntary program to collect data regarding physician compliance with appropriateness criteria in order to determine the appropriateness of advanced diagnostic imaging services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries.
For details, please read the article on the IAC newsletter. >>
UnitedHealth
Group Extends Deadline Requiring Echo Accreditation
AUGUST 21,
2008 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealthcare), regarding its announcement
requiring all participating, freestanding imaging facilities
and physician offices performing echocardiography procedures
to apply for accreditation as a condition for reimbursement,
has extended its original March
1, 2008 deadline for this requirement until the fourth
quarter of 2009. Read
more >>
The 2008 ICAEL
Standards Are Now Available
The ICAEL is pleased to announce the release
of the 2008 Standards for Accreditation. To download,
please visit The Standards page. >>
Available now!
The ICAEL has created a new series of webcasts
entitled Accreditation On Demand. Now you can learn
about accreditation at your leisure, 24 hours a day/7
days a week, for FREE. Choose a topic you wish to learn
more about, sit back, and listen. Learning about the process
of accreditation has never been so easy.
Go
to Accreditation On Demand >>
Webinar on Medicare’s Latest Imaging Policies
Check out this special webinar session, “How Will Medicare’s New Imaging Policies On Accreditation and Appropriateness Affect You?” archived from October 14 from 1:30-2:45 pm ET. Provided by Philips Healthcare. Watch the webinar. >>
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