by Abraham Whaley | Feb 8, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, General
Prior to CLIA ’88 (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988) only laboratories participating in interstate commerce underwent inspections. Since the enactment of CLIA ’88, all laboratories are subject to inspection, and all non-waived...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 24, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
If you are a physician, non-physician practitioner or Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) who supplies imaging services and submits claims for the Technical Component (TC) of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) procedures to Medicare contractors (carriers and...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jun 12, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
CMS will host a national provider call on the upcoming mandatory accreditation program for all suppliers that furnish the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging on Thursday, June 23, 2011 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EST. Subject matter experts will...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 2, 2011 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations
CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of ’88) is the basic set of regulations governing all laboratories that test human specimens (with rare exceptions). It is the minimum standard for labs. CLIA has given “deemed status” to several other agencies...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 5, 2010 | A Career in Practice Management, Physician Relations
Ownership Private practices are organized in a corporate model where the physicians are shareholders, or where one or more physicians own the practice and employ other physicians or providers. Private practices are almost exclusively for-profit. Physician practices...
