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2010 CMS Proposal
Does anyone have the link to the Federal Register document which outlines the proposal to "nuke" the consult codes in 2010?
consults
MEDICARE NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: CMS Office of Media Affairs
July 1, 2009 (202) 690-6145
Consults
Can you please provide the link for this article. Thank you
Where is the Proposed Rule on the Medicare Web site?
They move these things around, and the original link from their press announcement doesn't work anymore.
I found it here:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PhysicianFeeSched/PFSFRN/list.asp#TopOfPage
and the proposed rule had a display date of July 1 and a published date of July 13. It's a 1400 page document, and the part on consults is from pages 159--177.
There is an article in the database summarizing that section called, "No More Consults"
Source
Official resource: Details about the proposed consultation code changes can be found on pages 33551-33554 of the fee schedule proposed rule in the July 13 Federal Register, www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont09.html