Revisions to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and other revisions to Part B for CY 2017
Physician Practice Insider, April 4, 2017
On March 22, CMS published a Final Rule Correction in the Federal Register to correct multiple technical errors in the addenda to the final rule published in the November 15, 2016, Federal Register, “Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017; Medicare Advantage Bid Pricing Data Release; Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Loss Ratio Data Release; Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements; Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements.”
Effective date: March 21, 2017; correction is applicable beginning January 1, 2017.
This article originally appeared on Revenue Cycle Advisor.
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