Part 414 - Payment for Part B Medical and Other Health Services  


Subpart A - General Provisions
§ 414.1 - Basis and scope.
§ 414.2 - Definitions.
§ 414.4 - Fee schedule areas.
§ 414.5 - Hospital services paid under Medicare Part B when a Part A hospital inpatient claim is denied because the inpatient admission was not reasonable and necessary, but hospital outpatient services would have been reasonable and necessary in treating the beneficiary.
Subpart B - Physicians and Other Practitioners
§ 414.20 - Formula for computing fee schedule amounts.
§ 414.21 - Medicare payment basis.
§ 414.22 - Relative value units (RVUs).
§ 414.24 - Publication of RVUs and direct PE inputs.
§ 414.26 - Determining the GAF.
§ 414.28 - Conversion factors.
§ 414.30 - Conversion factor update.
§ 414.32 - Determining payments for certain physicians' services furnished in facility settings.
§ 414.34 - Payment for services and supplies incident to a physician's service.
§ 414.36 - Payment for drugs incident to a physician's service.
§ 414.38 - Special rules for payment of low osmolar contrast media.
§ 414.39 - Special rules for payment of care plan oversight.
§ 414.40 - Coding and ancillary policies.
§ 414.42 - Adjustment for first 4 years of practice.
§ 414.44 - Transition rules.
§ 414.46 - Additional rules for payment of anesthesia services.
§ 414.48 - Limits on actual charges of nonparticipating suppliers.
§ 414.50 - Physician or other supplier billing for diagnostic tests performed or interpreted by a physician who does not share a practice with the billing physician or other supplier.
§ 414.52 - Payment for physician assistants' services.
§ 414.53 - Fee schedule for clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, and mental health counselor services.
§ 414.54 - Payment for certified nurse-midwives' services.
§ 414.56 - Payment for nurse practitioners' and clinical nurse specialists' services.
§ 414.58 - Payment of charges for physician services to patients in providers.
§ 414.60 - Payment for the services of CRNAs.
§ 414.61 - Payment for anesthesia services furnished by a teaching CRNA.
§ 414.62 - Fee schedule for clinical psychologist services.
§ 414.63 - Payment for outpatient diabetes self-management training.
§ 414.64 - Payment for medical nutrition therapy.
§ 414.65 - Payment for telehealth services.
§ 414.66 - Incentive payments for physician scarcity areas.
§ 414.67 - Incentive payments for services furnished in Health Professional Shortage Areas.
§ 414.68 - Imaging accreditation.
§ 414.80 - Incentive payment for primary care services.
§ 414.84 - Payment for MDPP services.
§ 414.90 - Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).
§ 414.92 - Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program.
§ 414.94 - [Reserved]
Subpart C - Fee Schedules for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PEN) Nutrients, Equipment and Supplies, Splints, Casts, and Certain Intraocular Lenses (IOLs)
§ 414.100 - Purpose.
§ 414.102 - General payment rules.
§ 414.104 - PEN Items and Services.
§ 414.105 - Application of competitive bidding information.
§ 414.106 - Splints and casts.
§ 414.108 - IOLs inserted in a physician's office.
§ 414.110 - xxx
§ 414.112 - xxx
§ 414.114 - xxx
Subpart D - Payment for Durable Medical Equipment and Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices
§ 414.200 - Purpose.
§ 414.202 - Definitions.
§ 414.210 - General payment rules.
§ 414.220 - Inexpensive or routinely purchased items.
§ 414.222 - Items requiring frequent and substantial servicing.
§ 414.224 - Customized items.
§ 414.226 - Oxygen and oxygen equipment.
§ 414.228 - Prosthetic and orthotic devices.
§ 414.229 - Other durable medical equipment - capped rental items.
§ 414.230 - Determining a period of continuous use.
§ 414.232 - Special payment rules for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators (TENS).
§ 414.234 - Prior authorization for items frequently subject to unnecessary utilization.
§ 414.236 - xxx
§ 414.238 - xxx
§ 414.240 - xxx
Subpart E - Determination of Reasonable Charges Under the ESRD Program
§ 414.300 - Scope of subpart.
§ 414.310 - Determination of reasonable charges for physician services furnished to renal dialysis patients.
§ 414.313 - Initial method of payment.
§ 414.314 - Monthly capitation payment method.
§ 414.316 - Payment for physician services to patients in training for self-dialysis and home dialysis.
§ 414.320 - Determination of reasonable charges for physician renal transplantation services.
§ 414.330 - Payment for home dialysis equipment, supplies, and support services.
§ 414.335 - Payment for EPO furnished to a home dialysis patient for use in the home.
Subpart F - Competitive Bidding for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS)
§ 414.400 - Purpose and basis.
§ 414.402 - Definitions.
§§ 414.400--414.404 - [Reserved]
§ 414.404 - Scope and applicability.
§ 414.406 - Implementation of programs.
§ 414.408 - Payment rules.
§ 414.409 - Special payment rules.
§ 414.410 - Phased-in implementation of competitive bidding programs.
§ 414.411 - Special rule in case of competitions for diabetic testing strips conducted on or after January 1, 2011.
§ 414.412 - Submission of bids under a competitive bidding program.
§ 414.414 - Conditions for awarding contracts.
§ 414.416 - Determination of competitive bidding payment amounts.
§ 414.418 - Opportunity for networks.
§ 414.420 - Physician or treating practitioner authorization and consideration of clinical efficiency and value of items.
§ 414.422 - Terms of contracts.
§ 414.423 - Appeals process for breach of a DMEPOS competitive bidding program contract actions.
§ 414.424 - Administrative or judicial review.
§ 414.425 - Claims for damages.
§ 414.426 - Adjustments to competitively bid payment amounts to reflect changes in the HCPCS.
§§ 414.408--414.426 - [Reserved]
Subpart G - Payment for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests
§ 414.500 - Basis and scope.
§ 414.502 - Definitions.
§ 414.504 - Data reporting requirements.
§ 414.506 - Procedures for public consultation for payment for a new clinical diagnostic laboratory test.
§ 414.507 - Payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.
§ 414.508 - Payment for a new clinical diagnostic laboratory test.
§ 414.509 - Reconsideration of basis for and amount of payment for a new clinical diagnostic laboratory test.
§ 414.510 - Laboratory date of service for clinical laboratory and pathology specimens.
§ 414.511 - Adjustments to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule based on Technological Changes.
§ 414.522 - Payment for new advanced diagnostic laboratory tests.
§ 414.523 - Payment for laboratory specimen collection fee and travel allowance.
Subpart H - Fee Schedule for Ambulance Services
§ 414.601 - Purpose.
§ 414.605 - Definitions.
§ 414.610 - Basis of payment.
§ 414.615 - Transition to the ambulance fee schedule.
§ 414.617 - Transition from regional to national ambulance fee schedule.
§ 414.620 - Publication of the ambulance fee schedule.
§ 414.625 - Limitation on review.
§ 414.626 - xxx
Subpart I - Payment for Drugs and Biologicals
§ 414.701 - Purpose.
§ 414.704 - Definitions.
§ 414.707 - Basis of payment.
Subpart J - Submission of Manufacturer's Average Sales Price Data
§ 414.800 - Purpose.
§ 414.802 - Definitions.
§ 414.804 - Basis of payment.
§ 414.806 - Penalties associated with misrepresentation and the failure to submit timely and accurate ASP data.
Subpart K - Payment for Drugs and Biologicals Under Part B
§ 414.900 - Basis and scope.
§ 414.902 - Definitions.
§ 414.904 - Average sales price as the basis for payment.
§ 414.906 - Competitive acquisition program as the basis for payment.
§ 414.908 - Competitive acquisition program.
§ 414.910 - Bidding process.
§ 414.912 - Conflicts of interest
§ 414.914 - Terms of contract.
§ 414.916 - Dispute resolution for vendors and beneficiaries.
§ 414.917 - Dispute resolution and process for suspension or termination of approved CAP contract and termination of physician participation under exigent circumstances.
§ 414.918 - Assignment.
§ 414.920 - Judicial review.
§ 414.930 - Compendia for determination of medically-accepted indications for off-label uses of drugs and biologicals in an anti-cancer chemotherapeutic regimen.
§ 414.940 - Refund for certain discarded single-dose container or single-use package drugs.
Subpart L - Supplying and Dispensing Fees
§ 414.1000 - Purpose.
§ 414.1001 - Basis of payment.
Subpart M - Payment for Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) Services
§ 414.1100 - Basis and scope.
§ 414.1105 - Payment for Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) services.
Subpart N - Value-Based Payment Modifier Under the Physician Fee Schedule
§ 414.1200 - Basis and scope.
§ 414.1205 - Definitions.
§ 414.1210 - Application of the value-based payment modifier.
§ 414.1215 - Performance and payment adjustment periods for the value-based payment modifier.
§ 414.1220 - Reporting mechanisms for the value-based payment modifier.
§ 414.1225 - Alignment of Physician Quality Reporting System quality measures and quality measures for the value-based payment modifier.
§ 414.1230 - Additional measures for groups and solo practitioners.
§ 414.1235 - Cost measures.
§ 414.1240 - Attribution for quality of care and cost measures.
§ 414.1245 - Scoring methods for the value-based payment modifier using the quality-tiering approach.
§ 414.1250 - Benchmarks for quality of care measures.
§ 414.1255 - Benchmarks for cost measures.
§ 414.1260 - Composite scores.
§ 414.1265 - Reliability of measures.
§ 414.1270 - Determination and calculation of Value-Based Payment Modifier adjustments.
§ 414.1275 - Value-based payment modifier quality-tiering scoring methodology.
§ 414.1280 - Limitation on review.
§ 414.1285 - Informal inquiry process.
Subpart O - Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and Alternative Payment Model Incentive
§ 414.1300 - Basis and scope.
§ 414.1305 - Definitions.
§ 414.1310 - Applicability.
§ 414.1315 - Virtual groups.
§ 414.1317 - xxx
§ 414.1318 - xxx
§ 414.1320 - MIPS performance period.
§ 414.1325 - Data submission requirements.
§ 414.1330 - Quality performance category.
§ 414.1335 - Data submission criteria for the quality performance category.
§ 414.1340 - Data completeness criteria for the quality performance category.
§ 414.1350 - Cost performance category.
§ 414.1355 - Improvement activities performance category.
§ 414.1360 - Data submission criteria for the improvement activities performance category.
§ 414.1365 - MIPS Value Pathways.
§ 414.1367 - xxx
§ 414.1370 - APM scoring standard under MIPS.
§ 414.1375 - Promoting Interoperability (PI) performance category.
§ 414.1380 - Scoring.
§ 414.1385 - Targeted review and review limitations.
§ 414.1390 - Data validation and auditing.
§ 414.1395 - Public reporting.
§ 414.1400 - Third party intermediaries.
§ 414.1405 - Payment.
§ 414.1410 - Advanced APM determination.
§ 414.1415 - Advanced APM criteria.
§ 414.1420 - Other payer advanced APM criteria.
§ 414.1425 - Qualifying APM participant determination: In general.
§ 414.1430 - Qualifying APM participant determination: QP and partial QP thresholds.
§ 414.1435 - Qualifying APM participant determination: Medicare option.
§ 414.1440 - Qualifying APM participant determination: All-payer combination option.
§ 414.1445 - Determination of other payer advanced APMs.
§ 414.1450 - APM incentive payment.
§ 414.1455 - Limitation on review.
§ 414.1460 - Monitoring and program integrity.
§ 414.1465 - Physician-focused payment models.
Subpart P - Home Infusion Therapy Services Payment
Payment System
§ 414.1550 - Basis of payment.
Conditions for Payment
§ 414.1500 - Basis, purpose, and scope.
§ 414.1505 - Requirement for payment.
§ 414.1510 - Beneficiary qualifications for coverage of services.
§ 414.1515 - Plan of care requirements.
Subpart Q - Payment for Lymphedema Compression Treatment Items
§ 414.1600 - Purpose and definitions.
§ 414.1650 - Payment basis for lymphedema compression treatment items.
§ 414.1660 - Continuity of pricing when HCPCS codes are divided or combined.
§ 414.1670 - Procedures for making benefit category determinations and payment determinations for new lymphedema compression treatment items.
§ 414.1680 - Frequency limitations.
§ 414.1690 - Application of competitive bidding information.
Subpart R - Home Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Items and Services Payment
§ 414.1700 - Basis of payment.