EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: QUESTIONABLE BILLING FOR MEDICARE INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FACILITY SERVICES

OEI-09-09-00380

WHY WE DID THIS STUDY

Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF), a type of Medicare provider, offer diagnostic services and are independent of physicians’ offices or hospitals. IDTF services have historically been vulnerable to abuse. In 1997, the Office of Inspector General found that…