Medicare Physicians Fee Schedule Update

CR4031 amends payment files issued to Medicare carriers and intermediaries based upon the November 15, 2004, Final Rules for the 2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database.

The changes to the fee schedule involve numerous CPT/HCPCS codes. While many of these changes are effective retroactive to January 1, 2005, please note that your carrier/FI will not reprocess claims already processed, unless you request them to do so.

The complete details of these changes to the October update to the 2005 Medicare Fee Schedule Database are described in an attachment to CR 4031, which is the official instruction issued to your carrier/intermediary. That instruction may be viewed by selecting the link above for the CMS web site.