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equipment and provide technicians who conduct diagnostic
tests in the office of the billing physician or physician
organization; and furnish testing under the supervision of
a physician who shares an office with the billing physician
or physician organization.
Response: We disagree with the commenter. We
maintain that a mobile entity providing diagnostic testing
services must enroll for any diagnostic imaging services
that it furnishes to a Medicare beneficiary, regardless of
whether the service is furnished in a mobile or fixed base
location so that CMS knows which entity is providing these
diagnostic testing services.
Comment: One commenter stated that the proposed IDTF
performance standard is contrary to the Medicare “under
arrangement” provisions and if the IDTF performance
standard were extended into the hospital setting, it would
prohibit hospitals from providing diagnostic imaging
services under arrangement and present significant
administrative and operational challenges for hospitals and
their patients.
Response: We agree and have revised the provision to
account for mobile IDTFs billing under arrangement with
hospitals as described in sections 1861(w)(1) and
1862(a)(14)of the Act and §482.12(e).
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