HDAA APPROVED ACCREDITOR FOR
STAGE II

HDAA is delighted to announce our appointment as Approved Accreditor by the Department of Health and Ageing for Stage II of the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme.

Click below to see the pathways for practices to progress to Stage II or entre the scheme for the first time.

 

The Health Insurance Act 1973 provides the legislative framework for the DIagnostic Imaging Accreditaion schem.  The scheme, now into Stage II,  includes a greater range of diagnostic imaging services and more comprehensive Standards .

With the broader scope of Stage II to include non-radiology diagnostic imaging, more practices are eligible to participate to secure ongoing Medicare funding for services, including;

  • Cardiac Ultrasound and angiography;
  • Obstetric and gynecological ultrasound;
  • Nuclear medicine imaging services.

As an experience provider of diagnostic imaging accreditation services HDAA has designed a straightforward membership to support practices with accreditation and maintenance of accreditation through Stage II.

Practices that provide Medicare funded diagnostic imaging services shown below must acheive and maintain accreditation to ensure ongoing Medicare funding.

Diagnostic Imaging Services Table (DIST included in Stage II)

  • Ultrasound - Medicare Code ULT: DI Service Table Group I1.
  • Computed tomography - Medicare Code CTG: DI Service table Group I2.
  • General Radiology (X-ray) - Medicare Code RAD: DI Service table Group I3 subgroups 1,2,4 -9, 12, 14. Group I3 Sub group 3 items 57901  -57945 only.
  • Mammography- Medicare Code RAD: DI Service table Group I3 subgroups 10.
  • Angiography - Medicare Code RAD: DI Service table Group 13 subgroups I3, 16.
  • Fluoroscopy -  Medicare Code RAD: DI Service table Group I3 subgroups 15, 17.
  • Orthopantomography - Medicare Code RAD: DI Service table Group I3 subgroup 13 items 57960, 57963, 57966, 57969 only.
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Medicare Code MRI: DI Service table Group I5.
  • Nuclear Medicine Imaging - Medicare Code NME: DI Service table Group I4.

First steps

Click below to see the pathways for practices to progress to Stage II or entre the scheme for the first time.

You can also select from the drop down menu to read the Standards and more about the background and legislation governing the scheme.

Please call the HDAA diagnostic imaging team on 1800 601 696 for any guidance or support with diagnostic imaging accreditation.