Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration

Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2001 Gao ID: OGC-01-13 November 16, 2000

GAO reviewed the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) new rule on Medicare payment policies under the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2001. GAO noted that: (1) the final rule would make several changes affecting Medicare Part B payments, including a refinement of resource-based practice expense relative value units (RVU), the geographic practice cost indices, resource-based malpractice RVUs, and critical care RVUs; and (2) HCFA complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule.



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