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CMS Releases Proposed 2009 HOPPS and MPFS

In late June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services (CMS) released the proposed rules for Medicare payment for both the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for calendar year (CY) 2009.

As always, several proposed items in the MPFS proposed rule affect nuclear medicine. First, no changes to radiopharmaceutical payment methodology are included. Drugs, contrast agents, and biologicals will continue to be paid at 106% of the average sales price (ASP+6). In addition, in keeping with the requirements of the Deficit Reduction Act, this proposed rule caps payment rates for imaging services under the physician fee schedule at the ...

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