MEDICARE PART B THERAPY FEE SCHEDULE SERVICE DATES 1/1/10 – 2/28/10 UPDATED RATES

In the FR&R Healthcare Bulletin HC 2009-57, issued on December 17, 2009 and titled “Updated Part B Schedule for Outpatient Therapy Services,” we included an attachment of the new rates effective January 1, 2010.  On December 21, 2009, the president signed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 which included a two month freeze on certain components of the physician fee schedule rates, effective from January 1, 2010 through February 28, 2010.

In the FR&R Healthcare Bulletin HC 2010-01, issued on January 4, 2010 and titled “Temporary Delay in Fee Schedule Rate Change,” we reported, consistent with prior rate freezes, that the 2009 rates would continue to be in effect from January 1, 2010 through February 28, 2010.  On January 11, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated Medicare Part B fee schedule tables and conversion factors on their website. Read full article.