Comments to Government

CMS re: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

SVU Submits Comments to CMS on CY 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (08/27/07) MS Word

SVU Comments on Medicare Program Revisions to Payment Policies Under the 2007 Physician Fee and Other Changes to Payment Under Part B (PDF, 135K) 10/10/06

SVU Comments on Medicare Program Five-Year Review of Work RVU's and Practice Expense Methodology (PDF, 64K) 8/21/06

SVU Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF, 27k) 9/30/05

SVU Comments to CMS on Proposed Rule for 2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
(PDF, 42k) 9/24/04

SVU/SDMS Comments to CMS re: 2004 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PDF/17k) 10/8/03

Accreditation and/or Credentialing

SVU Comment Letter to ARDMS on the Prerequisites for the SPI Exam 03/08/06 (PDF, 38k)

CQU Statements to MedPAC on Accreditation/Credentialing Requirement for Medicare Reimbursement 10/28/04

Letter from the Coalition for Quality in Ultrasound to MedPAC Regarding Ultrasound Credentialing and Accreditation 09/03/04 (MS Word)

• Exhibit 1 (MS Word)
• Exhibit 2 (MS Word)
• Attachment 1: Model Echocardiography Policy (MS Word)
• Attachment 2: CQU Model Vascular Policy (MS Word)

Letter from Coalition for Quality in Ultrasound to GAO PDF/162k (7/14/04) re: the critical need for the adoption of an accreditation and/or credentialing standard as a condition for Medicare coverage of diagnostic ultrasound services

• Exhibit One (PDF/60k)
• Exhibit Two (PDF/27k)

Other Important Issues

SVU Comments on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2007 Payment Rates (PDF, 71K) 10/10/06

CQU Comments to House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee on Overutilization of Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound Imaging Services (MSWord/83k) 03/24/05

SVU Letter to ARDMS on Single Physics Exam Proposal (PDF/103k) 8/14/03

On Supervision

• Supervision Standards Under the October 31, 1997 Rule
  Letter to HCFA 2/13/01
• SVU Writes HCFA on Supervision 6/16/00
• Letter to HCFA on Supervision 2/22/00
• Direct supervision
  9/14/99 letter to the Office of Rep. Pete Stark

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