CMS Delays Physician Fee
Schedule Rule
November 8, 2002-The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) Nov. 5 published a notice in the Federal Register [67 FR 67318] announcing
that the physician fee schedule will be delayed indefinitely
due to problems with the data used to establish RVUs. The
notice states that the lack of information is of such great
magnitude that publishing the rule at this time would "significantly"
affect the rates paid to "all physicians, non-physician
practitioners, suppliers and providers…." The 2003
schedule was to have been published in the Federal Register
on Friday Nov. 1, 2002. In June, CMS proposed a 2003 fee schedule
with an overcall decrease of 4.4 percent. CMS has not yet
made a statement about deadlines for physicians to indicate
their participating or non-participating status in the Medicare
program for FY 2003.
Information:
Denise Dodero, Associate Vice President
AAMC Health Care Affairs
ddodero@aamc.org
(202) 828-0493
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