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Reimbursement and the Echo Laboratory: An Overview

THE ICAEL DOES:

Attempt to stay abreast of payment policies as a service to the echocardiography community.

Communicate information to echocardiography laboratories about payment policies (through the ICAEL website, newsletter articles and other mailings to laboratories).

Employ knowledgeable staff to assist laboratories with basic questions about payment policies.

Provide, upon request, the same information to insurance carriers as we publish in the accredited laboratory listing on the website.

THE ICAEL DOES NOT:

Establish rules or regulations for the insurance carriers.

Have the authority to make decisions regarding implementation dates, extensions, etc.

Have responsibility for notifying providers of echocardiography testing services of payment policies.

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) receives numerous phone calls and e-mails each week from individuals who are concerned with their compliance to insurance carriers' payment policies. Over the past few years, several states have adopted payment policy for the reimbursement of echocardiography procedures, requiring either credentialing of individuals performing examinations or accreditation of the laboratory.

A listing of payment policies of which the ICAEL is currently aware can be found on this website under Payment Policies.

Tamara Sloper, IAC Marketing Director, is available to answer your general questions about payment policy and reimbursement. She may be contacted at 800-838-2110 or via e-mail at sloper@intersocietal.org.

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ICAEL | A Member Division of IAC
The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories
6021 University Boulevard, Suite 500, Ellicott City, MD 21043
800.838.2110 phone | 866.663.5663 fax | www.icael.org

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