Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities and Other Independent Mobile Diagnostic

Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities and Other Independent Mobile Diagnostic Units A. Medicaid only covers Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF), or other independent mobile diagnostic units, including portable x-ray providers, for services provided to dual-eligible beneficiaries. Outpatient testing and diagnostic services are covered when ordered by the beneficiary’s physician and billed by an approved Medicaid provider, limited to physicians, physician clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and county health department clinics. B. An IDTF is defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as “a fixed location, a mobile entity, or an individual non-physician practitioner. It is independent of a physician’s office or hospital.” These providers perform diagnostic tests such as ultrasounds, echocardiograms, pulmonary function tests, neurological and neuromuscular tests, x-rays, cardiac monitoring, and nuclear medicine. C. Medicaid covers for a physician to contract with an IDTF or other independent mobile diagnostic unit to provide technical services and, assuming that there are no Stark II or other anti-kickback statute violations, allows for a claim to be filed for either the technical component or the complete procedure if the physician also interprets the procedure. D. The physician contracting with an IDTF or other independent mobile diagnostic unit may not be employed by or own any part of the IDTF or other independent mobile diagnostic unit. E. IDTFs and other independent mobile diagnostic units may not pay an additional fee to any physician when they perform the technical component of the procedure.