July Update to the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)
Payment files were issued to contractors based upon the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule. This change request (CR) amends those payment files and includes new codes for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative. There are two different sets of payment files associated with this CR: (1) files with changes retroactive to January 1, 2008 with dates of service January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008 with payment files calculated using the extended floor work geographic adjustment and the conversion factor of $38.0870 (0.5 percent update), as a result of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 and (2) files with changes effective July 1, 2008 with payment files calculated using the conversion factor of $34.0682, update factor of 0.899 and without the work geographic adjustment, which is the previous payment methodology that was outlined in the 2008 MPFS Final Rule but was delayed as a result of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. The initial release of this RN can be found in Pub.100-04, Chapter 23, § 30.1.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 30, 2018
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