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Last Modified: 1/26/2012
Location: FL, PR, USVI
Business: Part A, Part B
Emergency update to the calendar year 2012 MPFSDB
Effective date: January 1, 2012
Implementation date: January 26, 2012
Summary
Related change request 7737 amends the 2012 Medicare physician fee schedule database (MPFSDB) payment files to include corrections described in the 2012 MPFS final rule correction notice, as well as relevant statutory changes applicable January 1.
Key changes include:
• Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) revisions and updates
• Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011
• Medicare physician payment update
• Extension of Medicare physician work geographic adjustment floor
• Extension of MPFS mental health add-on
• Extension of exceptions process for Medicare therapy caps
• Extension of payment for the technical component of certain physician pathology services
• Extension of the minimum payment for bone mass measurement
Source: MM7737
