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- The current hourly rate for the NATA staff officer is $202.
- A document review would only be required once per any group practice if the quality manual is applicable to all sites.
- If a site is part of Corporate Accreditation (i.e. part of a group practice with a uniformed quality management system applied across all sites) ongoing annual fees are reduced.
- After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.
- Small regional site offering plain film X-rays and CT. All reporting is performed off-site. One radiographer assessor will be required together with one NATA staff officer.
| Application Fees: |
$2070 |
(NATA component) |
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$220 |
(College component) |
| Accreditation requirements package: |
$77 |
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| Document review of quality manual (3 hrs): |
$606 |
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| Pre & post assessment activities (~10 hrs)*: |
$2020 |
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| On-site (6-8 hrs): |
$1616 |
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$6609# |
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* This is a rough approximation of hours and costs will vary depending on the hours required to service the applicant.
# The site will incur additional expenses for assessor travel and accommodation. The extent of these will depend on whether the site is located at a distance from a capital city or the assessors are from interstate.
On-going annual fees (based on 1 assessor unit): $3305
Note: After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.
- Large centralised site offering plain film X-rays, CT, mammography, interventional, ultrasound, BMD, MRI, nuclear medicine. There are separate fees for College quality assurance activities (i.e MQAP and MRI Image Review). 4-6 assessors required dependent on shared experience between them (1-2 radiologists to ensure all reporting aspects for each modality are covered) together with one NATA staff officer over three days.
| Application Fees: |
$2070 |
(NATA component) |
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$220 |
(College component) |
| Accreditation requirements package: |
$77 |
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| Document review of quality manual (3 hrs): |
$606 |
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| Pre & post assessment activities (~15 hrs)*: |
$3030 |
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| On-site (20 hrs): |
$4040 |
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$10043# |
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* This is a rough approximation of hours and costs will vary depending on the hours required to service the applicant.
# The site will incur additional expenses for assessor travel and accommodation. The extent of these will depend on whether the site is located at a distance from a capital city or the assessors are from interstate.
On-going annual fees (based on 4 assessor units): $8780
Note: After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.
- Small city site offering plain film X-rays only. One radiographer or radiologist (if reporting is performed on-site) assessor will be required together with one NATA staff officer.
| Application Fees: |
$1035 |
(NATA component) |
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$220 |
(College component) |
| Accreditation requirements package: |
$77 |
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| Document review of quality manual (2 hrs): |
$404 |
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| Pre & post assessment activities (~6 hrs)*: |
$1212 |
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| On-site (4-5 hrs): |
$1010 |
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$3958# |
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* This is a rough approximation of hours and costs will vary depending on the hours required to service the applicant.
# The site will incur additional expenses for assessor travel and accommodation. The extent of these will depend on whether the site is located at a distance from a capital city or the assessors are from interstate.
On-going annual fees (based on 1 assessor unit): $2390
Note: After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.

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