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GAO-03-533R 1 (2003-03-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwim0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-292037 March 14, 2003 The Honorable Chuck Grassley Chairman The Honorable Max Baucus Ranking Minority Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable W.J. Billy Tauzin Chairman The Honorable John D. Dingell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable William M. Thomas Chairman The Honorable Charles B. Rangel Ranking Minority Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Physician Fee Schedule Update for Calendar Year 2003 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, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), entitled Medicare Program; Physician Fee Schedule Update for Calendar Year 2003 (RIN: 0938-AL2 1). We received the rule on February 26, 2003. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on February 28, 2003. 68 Fed. Reg. 9567. The final rule revises the estimates used to establish the sustainable growth rates for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the purposes of determining future updates to the physician fee schedule. It also announces a 1.6-percent increase in the calendar year 2003 physician fee schedule conversion factor (CF) for March 1, 2003, to December 31, 2003. The physician fee schedule CF from March 1, 2003, to GAO-03-533R

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