Revised Payment Files for the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) and Retroactive Provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148) (the Affordable Care Act)
Payment files were issued to contractors based upon the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule. This change request (CR) amends those payment files and includes changes as a result of practice expense (PE) and malpractice (MP) relative value unit (RVU)
corrections and provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Affordable Care Act), as modified by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010, and March 30, 2010, respectively.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 10, 2010
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