After Years of Efforts by Pierluisi, Federal Government Takes Administrative Action to Increase Reimbursement Rates for Puerto Rico Physicians Under…
After Years of Efforts by Pierluisi, Federal Government Takes Administrative Action to Increase Reimbursement Rates for Puerto Rico Physicians Under Medicare
The Resident Commissioner has long expressed concern that reimbursement rates for
CMS reimburses doctors pursuant to a formula that consists of three components. First, the "Physician Work" component reflects the relative time and effort associated with providing a particular
CMS then applies a geographic pricing cost index, commonly called a GPCI, to each of the three components, which is intended to account for geographic variations in the cost of practicing medicine in different areas within the country. Using
"After years of advocacy efforts undertaken by me, the
On
"I want to express my gratitude to HHS and CMS for proposing to increase the three geographic pricing cost indices, commonly called GPCIs, so that physicians in
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The final rule is available here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-26668.pdf
Read this original document at: http://pierluisi.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/after-years-of-efforts-by-pierluisi-federal-government-takes
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