Payment Policy For Nuclear Cardiology

United Healthcare of Wisconsin

Outpatient nuclear cardiology facilities to be accredited by 7/1/2003

Oxford Health Plans

Nuclear cardiology laboratories to be accredited and all physicians to be CBNC, ABR or ABN by February 4, 2004

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama

ICANL or ACR accreditation for PET reimbursement

Care Core National

Outpatient diagnostic imaging for HIP, Aetna and GHI in NY

All nuclear cardiology laboratories to be accredited by Feb., 2004

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• All Nuclear Medicine Departments have been put on notice by United Healthcare that they need to be accredited by March, 2008 in order to ensure payment.

Pay For Performance

Accreditation of facility is one of the measures of performance