2006 proposed fee schedule - American Society of Clinical Oncology
2006 proposed fee schedule - American Society of Clinical Oncology 2006 proposed fee schedule - American Society of Clinical Oncology
MMA Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 MNT Medical nutrition therapy MRA Magnetic resonance angiography MRI Magnetic resonance imaging MSA Metropolitan statistical area NCD National coverage determination NCQDIS National Coalition of Quality Diagnostic Imaging Services NDC National drug code NECMA New England County Metropolitan Area NECTA New England City and Town Area NP Nurse practitioner NPP Nonphysician practitioners OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act OIG Office of Inspector General OMB Office of Management and Budget OPPS Outpatient prospective payment system PA Physician assistant PC Professional component PE Practice Expense PEAC Practice Expense Advisory Committee PERC Practice Expense Review Committee PET Positron emission tomography PFS Physician Fee Schedule 14
PLI Professional liability insurance PPI Producer price index PPO Preferred provider organization PPS Prospective payment system PRA Paperwork Reduction Act PT Physical therapy RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act RIA Regulatory impact analysis RN Registered nurse RUC (AMA's Specialty Society) Relative (Value) Update Committee RVU Relative value unit SGR Sustainable growth rate SMS (AMA's) Socioeconomic Monitoring System SNF Skilled nursing facility SNM Society for Nuclear Medicine TA Technology assessment TC Technical component tPA Tissue-type plasminogen activator UAF Update adjustment factor WAC Wholesale acquisition cost WAMP Widely available market price 15
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- Page 17 and 18: Initially, only the physician work
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- Page 21 and 22: effect in 1997, published on Novemb
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- Page 29 and 30: November 1, 2001 (66 FR 55246).) Th
- Page 31 and 32: The CPEPs identified specific input
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- Page 35 and 36: procedure: $27,305,408. In this exa
- Page 37 and 38: as a whole. Indirect costs include
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MMA Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and<br />
Modernization Act <strong>of</strong> 2003<br />
MNT Medical nutrition therapy<br />
MRA Magnetic resonance angiography<br />
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging<br />
MSA Metropolitan statistical area<br />
NCD National coverage determination<br />
NCQDIS National Coalition <strong>of</strong> Quality Diagnostic Imaging<br />
Services<br />
NDC National drug code<br />
NECMA New England County Metropolitan Area<br />
NECTA New England City and Town Area<br />
NP Nurse practitioner<br />
NPP Nonphysician practitioners<br />
OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act<br />
OIG Office <strong>of</strong> Inspector General<br />
OMB Office <strong>of</strong> Management and Budget<br />
OPPS Outpatient prospective payment system<br />
PA Physician assistant<br />
PC Pr<strong>of</strong>essional component<br />
PE Practice Expense<br />
PEAC Practice Expense Advisory Committee<br />
PERC Practice Expense Review Committee<br />
PET Positron emission tomography<br />
PFS Physician Fee Schedule<br />
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