PHYSICIANS: CMS Increases Physician Scarcity Area Incentives
Docs in critical access hospitals eligible for payout. If you are a physician whose county qualifies as a physician scarcity area, you could get Medicare's additional 5 percent bonus payment.Physicians should find out if their practice's zip code falls within a health professional shortage area county to determine whether they're eligible for this bonus, states an April 15 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services transmittal.
Presence In CAH Is Key
A physician can get the bonus if she provides services in a critical access hospital within a designated physician scarcity area. Physician scarcity determinations are based on the...
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