Practice Management

Can a 100% hospital owned imaging center organize so that they operate under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule but NOT do so as an IDTF or have any phyhsician shared ownership?  I know if a hospital joint ventures with a rad group they can choose to operate as a physician practice, but I'm not sure if they can do so if there is no physician ownership.  
Thanks.

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Michael Bohl FRBMA
Radiology Group, PC, SC
Davenport IA
(563) 421-5643
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Can a 100% hospital owned imaging center organize so that they operate under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule but NOT do so as an IDTF or have any phyhsician shared ownership?  I know if a hospital joint ventures with a rad group they can choose to operate as a physician practice, but I'm not sure if they can do so if there is no physician ownership.  
Thanks.

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Michael Bohl FRBMA
Radiology Group, PC, SC
Davenport IA
(563) 421-5643
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Original Message------

Mike...Us the center owned by the hospital or a subsidiary that employees physicians?

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Original Message------

Sorry. Is not us

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Original Message------

Keith,

The center is owned by the hospital and is currently organized as an IDTF.  They don't want to remain an IDTF (finding their regs onerous, I guess), but still want to bill under MPFS. 

They contract with their rads for interps; the rads are NOT employed.  The rads have no ownership interest. 

 

Michael Bohl, COO

Radiology Group, PC, SC

563.421.5656

mbohl@rgimaging.com

 

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