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 Policy & Practice News |
2008 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Impact on Specialties
| Specialty |
Allowed
Charges
(mil) |
Impact of
Work RVU
Changes |
Impact of PE RVU
Changes |
Combined Impact of
PE and Work
Changes* |
2008
(PE Trans. Year 2) |
2010
(PE Full
Implement.) |
2008
(PE Trans. Year 2)
|
2010
(PE Full Implement.) |
| TOTAL |
$76,551 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |
$173 |
1% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
4% |
| ANESTHESIOLOGY |
$1,579 |
15% |
-1% |
-3% |
14% |
12% |
| CARDIAC SURGERY |
$396 |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
-2% |
-3% |
| CARDIOLOGY |
$7,519 |
-1% |
-1% |
-3% |
-2% |
-4% |
| COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY |
$122 |
-1% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
2% |
| CRITICAL CARE |
$199 |
-1% |
0% |
0% |
-1% |
-2% |
| DERMATOLOGY |
$2,248 |
-1% |
2% |
7% |
2% |
7% |
| EMERGENCY MEDICINE |
$2,203 |
-2% |
0% |
-1% |
-2% |
-2% |
| ENDOCRINOLOGY |
$350 |
-1% |
0% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
| FAMILY PRACTICE |
$5,060 |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| GASTROENTEROLOGY |
$1,750 |
-1% |
1% |
4% |
0% |
3% |
| GENERAL PRACTICE |
$974 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| GENERAL SURGERY |
$2,309 |
-1% |
0% |
0% |
-1% |
0% |
| GERIATRICS |
$147 |
3% |
0% |
1% |
3% |
4% |
| HAND SURGERY |
$80 |
-1% |
-1% |
-3% |
-2% |
-4% |
| HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY |
$1,917 |
-1% |
0% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE |
$504 |
-1% |
0% |
1% |
-1% |
0% |
| INTERNAL MEDICINE |
$9,981 |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY |
$244 |
-1% |
-1% |
-3% |
-2% |
-4% |
| NEPHROLOGY |
$1,664 |
-1% |
-1% |
-4% |
-3% |
-5% |
| NEUROLOGY |
$1,398 |
-1% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
| NEUROSURGERY |
$576 |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
-2% |
-3% |
| NUCLEAR MEDICINE |
$78 |
-1% |
5% |
14% |
4% |
14% |
| OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY |
$628 |
-1% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
-1% |
| OPHTHALMOLOGY |
$4,664 |
2% |
-1% |
-3% |
1% |
-1% |
| ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY |
$3,248 |
-1% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
| OTOLARNGOLOGY |
$913 |
2% |
-1% |
-3% |
1% |
-1% |
| PATHOLOGY |
$948 |
-1% |
-1% |
-3% |
-2% |
-4% |
| PEDIATRICS |
$74 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| PHYSICAL MEDICINE |
$784 |
1% |
-1% |
-2% |
-1% |
-2% |
| PLASTIC SURGERY |
$272 |
-1% |
0% |
1% |
-1% |
0% |
| PSYCHIATRY |
$1,099 |
-1% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
1% |
| PULMONARY DISEASE |
$1,691 |
-1% |
0% |
1% |
-1% |
0% |
| RADIATION ONCOLOGY |
$1,612 |
-1% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
1% |
| RADIOLOGY |
$5,245 |
-1% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
1% |
| RHEUMATOLOGY |
$494 |
-1% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
| THORACIC SURGERY |
$436 |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
-2% |
-3% |
| UROLOGY |
$2,033 |
-1% |
0% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
| VASCULAR SURGERY |
$641 |
-1% |
0% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
| AUDIOLOGIST |
$31 |
26% |
-14% |
-43% |
12% |
-17% |
| CHIROPRACTOR |
$725 |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
-2% |
-3% |
| CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST |
$531 |
-1% |
-2% |
-6% |
-3% |
-7% |
| CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER |
$354 |
-1% |
-2% |
-5% |
-3% |
-6% |
| NURSE ANESTHETIST |
$608 |
22% |
0% |
0% |
22% |
21% |
| NURSE PRACTITIONER |
$796 |
2% |
0% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
| OPTOMETRY |
$790 |
4% |
0% |
-1% |
4% |
3% |
| ORAL/MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY |
$37 |
-1% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
3% |
| PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY |
$1,391 |
-1% |
1% |
4% |
1% |
4% |
| PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
$600 |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
| PODIATRY |
$1,575 |
0% |
2% |
5% |
2% |
5% |
| DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FACILITY |
$1,191 |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| INDEPENDENT LABORATORY |
$1,087 |
0% |
3% |
10% |
3% |
10% |
| PORTABLE X-RAY SUPPLIER |
$81 |
0% |
2% |
7% |
2% |
7% |
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