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United States General Accounting Office                     Office of the General Counsel
Washington, DC 20548


         B-284048


         November 15, 1999

         The Honorable William V. Roth
         Chairman
         The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan
         Ranking Minority Member
         Committee on Finance
         United States Senate

         The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
         Chairman
         The Honorable John D. Dingell
         Ranking Minority Member
         Committee on Commerce
         House of Representatives

         The Honorable Bill Archer
         Chairman
         The Honorable Charles Rangel
         Ranking Minority Member
         Committee on Ways and Means
         House of Representatives

         Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing
                 Administration: Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the
                 Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2000

         Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
         major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health
         Care Financing Administration (HCFA), entitled Medicare Program; Revisions to
         Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2000 (RIN:
         0938-AJ61). We received the rule on November 4, 1999. It was published in the
         Federal Register as a final rule on November 2, 1999. 64 Fed. Reg. 59380.

         The final rule makes several changes affecting Medicare Part B payment. The
         changes include, among others, implementation of resource-based malpractice
         insurance relative value units (RVUs), refinement of resource-based practice
         expense RVUs, and payment for physician pathology and independent laboratory
         services.


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