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CMS Reps Outline Impact of PPACA on 2011 Fee Schedule

Published on Sun Jul 04, 2010

Plus: Medicare enrollment Web site adds additional resource files. The ink is barely dry on the proposed 2011 Fee Schedule, but most practices are already eager to hear details of how the document will help their bottom lines. CMS published the proposed fee schedule for next year in the July 13 Federal Register, and comments on the document are due on August 24. The proposed rule offers many benefits to primary care practices, thanks to legislation passed in March as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). For instance, the PPACA eliminates beneficiary cost-sharing for certain preventive services, such as the Welcome to Medicare exam and the new annual wellness exam, "as well as individual services that are currently covered by Medicare or any added in the future that have a rating of A or B in terms of evidence by the U.S. Preventive Services Task [...]
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