Fierce Health Payers November 13, 2019
There’s a change coming for advanced diagnostic imaging services furnished in a physician’s office, hospital outpatient department or ambulatory surgery center.
Starting January 1, CMS will implement new appropriate use criteria (AUC) that will require ordering professionals to consult a qualified Clinical Decision Support Mechanism (CDSM) prior to ordering Medicare Part B advanced diagnostic imaging services for a patient that will take place in those settings.
Physician practices need to be aware of the change, said Robert Tennant, who provided a health IT policy update during the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) annual conference last month.
CMS has been testing the program with voluntary participation but will start an educational and operating testing period next year, said Tennant, director of...
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