ICAMRL Accreditation

MRI site certification is becoming a requirement for many insurance providers throughout the United States. ISEMIR endorses the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Magnetic Resonance Laboratories (ICAMRL) amongst other accreditation organizations as the most practical for office based Rheumatologists performing eMRI.

The ICAMRL is a member of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), whose other member organizations include the Intersocietal Commission For The Accreditation Of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL), the Intersocietal Commission For The Accreditation Of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL), the Intersocietal Commission For The Accreditation Of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL), and the Intersocietal Commission For The Accreditation Of Computed Tomography Laboratories (ICACTL). ICAMRL is dedicated to promoting appropriate diagnostic quality MR in the delivery of health care by providing a peer review process of laboratory accreditation.

ICAMRL was created by uniting physicians and technologists from the sponsoring organizations, as well as representatives from the field of radiology to provide whole body imaging expertise. Collaborating together, this group formed the ICAMRL Board of Directors and composed the body of work known as The Standards, an extensive document defining the minimal requirements for magnetic resonance laboratories to provide high quality care. Laboratories use The Standards as both a guideline and the foundation to create and achieve realistic quality care goals.

ICAMRL is a non-profit organization, supported by the following societies: the American Academy of Neurology, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Neuroimaging, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the International Society of Extremity MRI in Rheumatology. Radiology is represented through the appointment of two at large radiologists: John V. Crues, III, MD and Steven Needell, MD and two MRI technologists: Luann Culbreth and David Kost.

ISEMIR representatives to the ICAMRL Board:

Norman B. Gaylis, MD ngaylis@aol.com
Orrin M. Troum, MD otroum@troummd.org

For more details about the ICAMRL accreditation go to ICAMRL website: http://www.icamrl.org/icamrl/index.htm

This website provides access to general information, reimbursement policies, the ICAMRL Standards, and a list of accredited laboratories for the ICAMRL.