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fee schedule codes, we will implement the adjustment over a
1-year period. We will include the detailed analysis of
budget neutrality and the proposed offset in the 2009
Federal Register publication of the PFS.
PT services that are performed by chiropractors under
the demonstration will be included under the PT cap
described in section J above. We are including these
services under the cap because chiropractors are subject to
the same rules as medical doctors for therapy services under
the demonstration. Therefore these services should be
included under the therapy cap. See our website
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/demos/eccs/ for
additional information concerning the chiropractic services
demonstration.
M. Supplemental Payments to Federally Qualified Health
Centers (FQHCs) Subcontracting with Medicare Advantage Plans
[If you choose to comment on issues in this section, please
include the caption “SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS-FQHCS” at the
beginning of your comments.]
Title II of the MMA established the Medicare Advantage
(MA) program. The MA program replaces the Medicare+Choice
(M+C) program established under Part C of the Act. Although
the MA program retains many key features of the M+C program,
it includes several new features, such as the availability