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associated with the provided services. This may result in an
inappropriate payment (overpayment or underpayment) for the
service provided.
Other unlisted services that are under the PFS are
contractor priced. To make the pricing methodology
consistent with our policy for other unlisted services, and
to more appropriately match payments with the actual
resources expended to deliver the services provided, we
propose to have the contractors value CPT codes 97039 and
97139.
F. Payment for Teaching Anesthesiologists
[If you choose to comment on issues in this section, please
include the caption “TEACHING ANESTHESIOLOGISTS” at the
beginning of your comments.]
The following discussion summarizes the current policy
for the payment for services provided by teaching
anesthesiologists and solicits public comments on possible
revisions to the current payment policy.
1. Payment for Anesthesia Services
Anesthesia services are paid under the PFS, but on a
different basis than other physician services. Payments for
anesthesia services are calculated using a “base unit” that
is specific to the anesthesia code plus the anesthesia time
units. As noted in our regulations at §414.46(a)(1), the
base unit reflects all activities other than anesthesia time