John Waters, Accreditation Consultant
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ATTENTION CARDIOLOGISTS AND HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATORS
 
Your facility MUST apply for accreditation ASAP in order to be reimbursed!
 
Breaking News: UnitedHealth Group Extends Deadline Requiring Echo Accreditation
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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 third quarter of 2008.

In the revised announcement, UnitedHealthcare states that, beginning in the third quarter of 2008, all participating, freestanding facilities and physician offices performing Echocardiography will need to complete and submit an application in order to receive full payment. 

Nuclear Medicine, MR, CT and PET have until 2012!  Echocardiography accreditation applications are due NOW.
 

 

Demonstrate your laboratory's committment to providing quality patient care and diagnostic evaluations.

 

Please contact me today to schedule an appointment.

 

 

Now accepting clients for August 14 - September 30 2008.

 
 Email me today.  I look forward to working with you and helping you acheive the gold standard...accreditation!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

BREAKING NEWS:
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.