Download or read book Medicare Programs - Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units (Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (Cms) (2018 Edition) written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Programs - Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Programs - Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also addresses, implements or discusses certain statutory provisions including provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively known as the Affordable Care Act) and the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008. In addition, this final rule with comment period discusses payments for Part B drugs; Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Signature on Requisition; Physician Quality Reporting System; the Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program; the Physician Resource-Use Feedback Program and the value modifier; productivity adjustment for ambulatory surgical center payment system and the ambulance, clinical laboratory, and durable medical equipment prosthetics orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) fee schedules; and other Part B related issues. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Programs - Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section