Medicare Programs: Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units, Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Signature on Requisition, and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2012

Document ID: CMS-2011-0131-1045
Document Type: 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: 2011-28597
CFR Citation: 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, and 495
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Abstract:	This final rule with comment period 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 statutory provisions including 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 (MIPPA) of 2008. In addition, this final rule with comment period discusses payments for Part B drugs; Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Signature on Requisition; 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.
Received Date:	November 28 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Start-End Page:	73026 - 73474
Page Count:	449
Comment Start Date:	November 28 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:	January 3 2012, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time