PFS National Payment Amount File
Guidance for the Physician Fee Schedule Payment Amount File-National which requires that database programs (e.g., Access, dBase, FoxPro, etc.) be used to read these data.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 30, 2015
The significant size of the Physician Fee Schedule Payment Amount File-National requires that database programs (e.g., Access, dBase, FoxPro, etc.) be used to read these data. Word processing and spreadsheet programs cannot be used. The database programs noted above will also be required to read some versions of the Physician Fee Schedule Payment Amount File Carrier-Specific.
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