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Welcome
to the official website of the ICANL.
Accreditation
is a voluntary process, although reimbursement policies have been
enacted throughout the United States by Medicare and other providers
that require ICANL accreditation. This website provides access
to general information, technical articles, reimbursement policies,
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BREAKING NEWS:Anthem
Health Plans of Virginia, Inc. d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross
and Blue Shield and its HMO Affiliate
APRIL
2008 | Anthem Health Plans
of Virginia, Inc. d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
and its HMO Affiliates
issued an announcement that providers that perform or
conduct any CT, CTA, MRI, MRA, MRS, PET and/or Nuclear/Nuclear
Cardiology studies shall be accredited by the American
College of Radiology (ACR) or Intersocietal Accreditation
Commission (IAC) for each piece of equipment utilized
in such studies.
For details, select Anthem Health
Plans of Virginia from the ICANL list of
Payment Policies. >>
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BREAKING
NEWS:
UnitedHealth Group Extends Deadline Requiring Accreditation
for Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and PET Imaging
JANUARY
15, 2008 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealthcare), regarding its announcement
requiring all participating, freestanding imaging facilities
and physician offices performing nuclear medicine, nuclear
medicine, nuclear cardiology, and PET procedures to apply
for accreditation as a condition for reimbursement,
has extended
its original March 1, 2008 deadline for this requirement
until the third quarter of 2008. Read
more >>
To learn more about the UnitedHealthcare announcement:
- Select UnitedHealthcare from the ICANL list of
Payment Policies
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- Visit the Imaging Accreditation section of the
UnitedHealthcare
website >>
- Also from UnitedHealthcare, view Imaging
Accreditation: Frequently Asked Questions >>
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Update:
ICANL Case Studies
Effective with the April 1, 2008 application
deadline, digital raw data will no longer be required
for case study submissions; as of April 1, the
preferred method for submitting case study documentation
is as processed image data in digital image format,
on CD or DVD. Read
more >>
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Available
now!
The ICANL 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
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