United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2003_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part III Proposed Rules D09002ee1c81762bb D09002ee1c81763c4 United States Department of Health and Human Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This proposed rule would refine the resource-based practice expense relative value units (RVUs) and make other changes to Medicare Part B payment policy. The policy changes concern: Medicare Economic Index, practice expense for professional component services, definition of diabetes for diabetes self-management training, supplemental survey data for practice expense, geographic practice cost indices, and several coding issues. We are proposing these changes to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. We solicit comments on these proposed policy changes. We also discuss the non-physician work-pool, the 5-year review of anesthesia services, and outpatient therapy services performed "incident to" physician services. 68 FR 49030 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-15/03-20662 03-20662 fr15au03-25 RIN 0938-AL96 4120-01-P CMS-1476-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-15/03-20662 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-15/html/03-20662.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-15/pdf/03-20662.pdf Health Facilities Health Professions Kidney Diseases Laboratories Medicare Rural Areas X-Rays 271 p. 49030 49300 68 FR 49030 Title 42 Part 410 42 CFR Part 410 Title 42 Part 414 42 CFR Part 414 RIN 0938-AL96 Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2004; Federal Register Vol. 68, Issue PRORULE 03-20662 III DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2003-10-07 CMS-1476-P 4120-01-P 03-20662 Proposed rule.

This proposed rule would refine the resource-based practice expense relative value units (RVUs) and make other changes to Medicare Part B payment policy. The policy changes concern: Medicare Economic Index, practice expense for professional component services, definition of diabetes for diabetes self-management training, supplemental survey data for practice expense, geographic practice cost indices, and several coding issues. We are proposing these changes to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. We solicit comments on these proposed policy changes. We also discuss the non-physician work-pool, the 5-year review of anesthesia services, and outpatient therapy services performed "incident to" physician services.

We will consider comments if we receive them at the address, provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on October 7, 2003. Gail Addis (410) 786-4522 (for issues related to repricing of supplies for practice expense inputs.) Health Facilities Health Professions Kidney Diseases Laboratories Medicare Rural Areas X-Rays Medicare: Physician fee schedule (2004 CY); payment policies and relative value unit adjustments, http://cms.hhs.gov http://cms.hhs.gov/quality/ http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html http://www.cms.hhs.gov http://www.cms.hhs.gov/physicians/pfs www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/therapy Vol. 68, no. 158 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2003-08-15 continuing daily deposited born digital 567 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-15 P0b002ee1809c59de 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr15au03 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-15/pdf/FR-2003-08-15.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-15/xml/FR-2003-08-15.xml fdlp 48767 49321 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-07 FR-2003-08-15 machine generated eng FR FR-2003-08-15 68 158