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Medicare Updates Physician Fee Schedule

Published on Tue Mar 09, 2004

CMS makes changes to some surgery indicators, procedure RVUs

CMS has sent out the first update to the 2004 Physician Fee Schedule.
 
The updated fee schedule includes changes to some bilateral surgery indicators, as well as relative value unit (RVU) adjustments for certain procedures, among other alterations. The changes were effective on Jan. 1, 2004, and will be fully implemented on April 5. 

To access the revised fee schedule, visit the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule home page at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/physicians/mpfsapp/step0.asp.
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