Medicare Program: Payment Policies under Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2012

Document ID: CMS-2011-0131-0002
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Topics: Health Facilities, Health Professions, Kidney Diseases, Laboratories, Medicare, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, Rural Areas, X-Rays
Federal Register Number: 2011-16972
CFR Citation: 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, and 495
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Abstract:	This proposed rule addresses changes to the physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also addresses, implements or discusses certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively known as the Affordable Care Act) and the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. In addition, this proposed rule discusses payments for Part B drugs; Physician Quality Reporting System; the Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program; the Physician Resource-Use Feedback Program and the value modifier; productivity adjustment for ambulatory surgical center payment system and the ambulance, clinical laboratory, and durable medical equipment prosthetics orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) fee schedules; and other Part B related issues. (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this proposed rule.)
Received Date:	July 19 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Start-End Page:	42772 - 42947
Page Count:	176
Comment Start Date:	July 19 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:	August 30 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time