Payment for Certified Nurse-Midwife Services
This instruction is being updated to reflect the increased Medicare Part B
payment amount for certified nurse-midwife (CNM) services from 65 percent of the physician fee schedule
to 100 percent of the physician fee schedule amount that would be paid for the same service furnished by a
physician.
Payment for CNM services is also increased when furnished to patients in critical access hospitals that are
paid under the optional method.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 06, 2010
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