Medicare Program; Physician Fee Schedule Update for Calendar Year 2003
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2003-02-28 · Effective 2003-03-01 · 68 FR 9567
Document
Document number
03-4862
Federal Register citation
68 FR 9567
CFR reference
42 CFR 410
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2003-02-28
Effective date
2003-03-01
HHS docket
CMS-1204-F2
Abstract
This final rule revises the estimates used to establish the sustainable growth rates (SGRs) for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the purposes of determining future updates to the physician fee schedule and announces a 1.6 percent increase in the calendar year (CY) 2003 physician fee schedule conversion factor (CF) for March 1 to December 31, 2003. The physician fee schedule CF from March 1 to December 31, 2003, will be $36.7856. The anesthesia CF for this period will be $17.05. Any information contained in this final rule related to the CY 2003 physician or anesthesia CFs takes the place of the information contained in the December 31, 2002, final rule. All other provisions of the December 31, 2002, final rule are unchanged by this final rule.