Good news for radiology groups struggling to comply with date overlap (date of test versus date of interpretation) and place of service (test in hospital, read somewhere else).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Friday, February 5, 2010, that it has rescinded Change Request (CR) 6375, Transmittal 1873 sent via RO-6657, dated December 11, 2009, and will replace it with another CR in the future, pending further policy clarification on date of service and place of service reporting for the interpretation of diagnostic tests. According to CMS, the revised CR will address the full spectrum of clinical scenarios. The agency also rescinded the accompanying MLN Matters article, MM6375. Another MLN Matters article will be issued when the new CR is released.