tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 39

OIG ALERT: Look For A Crackdown On Diagnostic Imaging

OIG also looking into incident-to billing, polysomnographyHeads up: If your practice owns an MRI or other imaging scanner, you soon could be in for an even bumpier ride.Medicare has already taken steps to crack down on physician ownership of diagnostic imaging. But now two different watchdogs are studying your arrangements--and the result could be more crackdowns.The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has three different reports on imaging in the pipeline. One deals with diagnostic x-rays in hospital Emergency Departments, which increased 9.6 percent from 2001 to 2004. Another report will examine geographic areas that have...

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