April calendar year (CY) 2016 quarterly Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Database update
Physician Practice Insider, March 8, 2016
On February 19, CMS released a change request amending payment files issued to contractors based upon the CY 2016 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, 2016
Implementation date: April 4, 2016
View Transmittal R3469CP.
View MLN Matters article MM9531.
This article was originally published on Medicare Compliance Watch.
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