IAC Receives Designation by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as Accrediting Organization for MIPPA

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As part of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA), by January 1, 2012, all nonhospital providers of advanced diagnostic imaging, inclusive of Nuclear Medicine, MR, CT and PET, must obtain accreditation as a condition for reimbursement.

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to accredit suppliers seeking to furnish the technical component (TC) of advanced diagnostic imaging services under the Medicare program.

Sandra Katanick, CAE, CEO of the IAC, remarked, "Having offered nationally recognized, voluntary accreditation programs for more than 20 years, the IAC is proud to receive recognition by CMS as a designated accrediting organization for MIPPA. We submitted a comprehensive application which documented every aspect of the IAC divisions' highly regarded processes of accreditation. Through the requirement put into place by MIPPA, Medicare patients will receive the benefits of quality diagnostic imaging procedures performed only in accredited laboratories."

The IAC is a preeminent leader in contributing to continuous improvement in health care by its exclusive dedication to recognizing and establishing value driven quality standards through collaboration with professional medical membership organizations and to providing peer review accreditation.

To date, the IAC accrediting bodies have granted accreditation to more than 9,500 laboratory sites throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The accreditation granted by the IAC signifies that a laboratory has been reviewed by an independent agency and that the applicant facility was found to be in substantial compliance with objective standards of quality.

Specific to the MIPPA accreditation requirement:

ICANL — offers accreditation for nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology and PET facilities

ICAMRL — offers accreditation for magnetic resonance in the areas of Body, Cardiovascular, Musculoskeletal and Neurological

ICACTL — offers accreditation for computed tomography in the areas of Coronary Calcium Scoring, Cardiovascular CTA, Neuro [Brain, Spine, CTA], Sinus and Temporal Bone, Body CT [Chest (Non-Cardiac), Abdomen, Pelvis, Extremity], Body CTA [Chest (Non-Cardiac), Abdomen, Pelvis, Peripheral Extremity]

To download the published Federal Register containing the notice of CMS' approval of IAC for fulfillment of the accreditation requirement for advanced diagnostic imaging, please visit the Federal Register website at www.federalregister.gov and download the PDF:
Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 16, Tues, January 26, 2010, Notices: Department of Health and Human Services | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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