DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 7 (July)

Strings attached to proposed 10% pay bonus for primary care, general surgery

Primary care providers and general surgeons will be eligible for a bonus payment equal to 10% of their Medicare allowed charges for primary care and major surgical services, under rules laid out in the proposed 2011 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) that CMS added to comply with the health reform law. But these payments come with significant restrictions that may not seem immediately obvious, a Part B News analysis reveals.

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