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CMS-1403-FC
In addition to the provisions that impact the PQRI,
section 131(a) of the MIPPA amended section 1848(d)(8) of
the Act to extend the 6-month increase in the CY 2008 CF to
the entire year and added section 1848(d)(9) of the Act
which provided that the update to the single CF for CY 2009
shall be 1.1 percent. This subsection further specified
that the CFs for CY 2010 and subsequent years must be
computed as if these increases had never applied. Further
discussion of these MIPPA provisions as they relate to the
PFS update and CF for 2009 can be found in sections VII.
and IX. of this final rule with comment period.
C. Section 131(c): Physician Resource Use Feedback
Program
Section 131(c) of the MIPPA amends section 1848 of the
Act by adding subsection (n), which requires the Secretary
to establish and implement by January 1, 2009, a Physician
Feedback Program using Medicare claims data and other data
to provide confidential feedback reports to physicians (and
as determined appropriate by the Secretary, to groups of
physicians) that measure the resources involved in
furnishing care to Medicare beneficiaries. If determined
appropriate by the Secretary, the Secretary may also
include information on quality of care furnished to
Medicare beneficiaries by the physician (or group of
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