July 2015 quarterly update to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database
Physician Practice Insider, June 2, 2015
On May 15, CMS released a change request amending payments to payment files issued to contractors based upon the CY 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. This recurring update notification applies to Pub. 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, section 30.1.
Effective date: January 1, 2015 for dates of service on or after January 1, 2015, unless otherwise stated
Implementation date: July 6, 2015
View Transmittal R3259CP.
View MLN Matters article MM9152.
This article originally appeared in Medicare Weekly Insider.
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