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 2011_register executive 2011-06-04 article Part II Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7ffd1f8 D09002ee1c7ffd288 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 notice sets forth proposed revisions to work relative value units (RVUs) and corresponding changes to the practice expense and malpractice RVUs affecting payment for physicians' services. The statute requires that we review RVUs no less often than every 5 years. This is our Fourth Five-Year Review of Work RVUs since we implemented the physician fee schedule (PFS) on January 1, 1992. These revisions to work RVUs are proposed to be effective for services furnished beginning January 1, 2012. These revisions reflect changes in medical practice and coding that affect the relative amount of physician work required to perform each service as required by the statute. The Fourth Five-Year Review of Work includes services that were submitted through public comment and by the Medicare contractor medical directors (CMDs), as well as a number of potentially misvalued codes identified by CMS (that is, Harvard valued codes and codes with Site-of-Service anomalies). 76 FR 32410 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-06/2011-13052 2011-13052 fr06jn11-19 RIN 0938-AQ87 P CMS-1582-PN https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-06/2011-13052 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-06/html/2011-13052.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-06/pdf/2011-13052.pdf 404 p. 32410 32813 76 FR 32410 Title 42 Part 414 42 CFR Part 414 RIN 0938-AQ87 Medicare Program; Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units Under the Physician Fee Schedule; Federal Register Vol. 76, Issue PRORULE 2011-13052 II DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2011-07-25 CMS-1582-PN P 2011-13052 Proposed notice.

This proposed notice sets forth proposed revisions to work relative value units (RVUs) and corresponding changes to the practice expense and malpractice RVUs affecting payment for physicians' services. The statute requires that we review RVUs no less often than every 5 years. This is our Fourth Five-Year Review of Work RVUs since we implemented the physician fee schedule (PFS) on January 1, 1992. These revisions to work RVUs are proposed to be effective for services furnished beginning January 1, 2012. These revisions reflect changes in medical practice and coding that affect the relative amount of physician work required to perform each service as required by the statute. The Fourth Five-Year Review of Work includes services that were submitted through public comment and by the Medicare contractor medical directors (CMDs), as well as a number of potentially misvalued codes identified by CMS (that is, Harvard valued codes and codes with Site-of-Service anomalies).

To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on July 25, 2011. Erin Smith, (410) 786-4497, for issues related to physician payment and for all other issues not identified below. Medicare Program: Five Year Review of Work Relative Value Units Under the Physician Fee Schedule , http://regulations.gov http://www.cms.gov/PhysicianFeeSched/ http://www.regulations.gov http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/omb/circulars/a004/a-4.pdf Vol. 76, no. 108 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2011-06-06 continuing daily deposited born digital 545 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-06 P0b002ee180d32ce2 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr06jn11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-06 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-06/pdf/FR-2011-06-06.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-06/xml/FR-2011-06-06.xml fdlp 32313 32849 DGPO 2011-06-04 2024-06-04 FR-2011-06-06 machine generated eng FR FR-2011-06-06 76 108