Article - Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities- physician supervision and technician requirements (A54953)

0504TCor FFR Data Review I&RBoard Certified CardiologistN/AKey for Abbreviations used in the table:The physician (MD/DO) performing the service must meet the criteria in our Polysomnography and OtherSleep Studies LCD (L36839)Physician and Technician Requirements for Sleep Studies and Polysomnography Testing:The physician performing the service must meet one of the following:be a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM);ORhas a Sleep Certification issued byONEof the following Boards:American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM),American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM),American Board of Pediatrics (ABP),American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN),American Board of Otolaryngology (ABOto),American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (AOBNP),American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine, (AOBFP)American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine, (AOBIM)American Osteopathic Board of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology (AOBOO);ORbe an active physician staff member of a credentialed sleep center or laboratory that have active physician staff members meeting the criteria above inaorb.Technician CredentialsThe technician performing the service must meet one of the following:American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM),Registered Sleep Technologist (RST);Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT),Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT);National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT)Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT)Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)Sleep Center or Laboratory Credentials (this is any site or place of service other than patients home where sleep studies or recordings are performed)The sleep facility credentials must be from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), inpatient or outpatient;ORThe Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) sleep specific credentials for Ambulatory care sleep centers;ORAccreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)American Board of Registration of electroencephalographic and evoked potential technologists (ABRET)http://abret.org/Registered Electroencephalographic technologist (R.EEG T)Registered evoked potential technologist (R.EPT)American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM)http://absm.org/Registered Sleep Technologist (RST)American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS)https://www.ardms.org/Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS)Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS)Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT)American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist (ARMRIT)http://www.armrit.org/Registered Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist -RT-MRAmerican Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)https://www.arrt.org/Certified Radiologic Technologist -Bone Densitometry (CRT-BD)Certified Radiologic Technologist Sonography (CRT-S)Certified Radiologic Technologist Vascular Sonography (CRT-VS)Certified Radiologic Technologist-Radiographer (CRT-R)Certified Radiologic Technologist -Computed Tomography (CRT-CT)Certified Radiologic Technologist -Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CRT-MR)Certified Radiologic Technologist- Radiation Therapy (CRT-T);Certified Radiologic Technologist-Nuclear Medicine (CRT-N).Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT)http://www.brpt.org/Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT)Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)http://www.cci-online.org/Certified Cardiographic Technician (CCT)Certified Cardiac Sonographer (RCS)Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS)International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD)http://www.iscd.org/Certified Densitometry Technologist (CDT)Certified Bone Densitometry Technologist (CBDT)National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)http://www.nbrc.org/Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT)Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT)Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)Joint Commission on Allied Health personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)http://www.jcahpo.org/Joint Commission on Allied Health personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) offers three levels of certification:Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA)Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT) (Intermediate Level)Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist (COMT) (Advanced Level)Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification Boardhttp://www.nmtcb.org/Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT)Nuclear cardiology specialty examPet ExamsNational Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)National Certified ECG Technician (NCET)http://www.ncctinc.com/National Healthcareer Association (NHA)Certified EKG Technician (CET)https://www.nhanow.com/