PFS Treasure Chest: How To Download the Fee Schedule From CMS
Posted on 29. May, 2009 by Editor in Coder's Cranium
Today I found this picture of THE ONLY DAY MEDICARE WAS EVER SIMPLE–the day in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law. There’s Lady Bird in blue behind him. Former President Truman and his wife, Bess, look on.
Well, it’s 2009 & we all know Medicare has gotten a lot more complicated. Even downloading the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule from CMS can be tricky. Coding News has some tips for you.
CMS makes the Physician Fee Schedule available as a free download on its Web site.
To begin: Use your Internet browser to go here.
Tip: If you cannot access the page using this URL, go to the CMS home page, and use the “search” function in the upper right hand corner to find “Physician Fee Schedule.” The first search result should specify “Physician Fee Schedule.” Click on this link to advance to the next step.
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If you are unfamiliar with how to download files, if your computer uses virus protection software that prevents certain types of downloads, or if you are unsure you have the necessary software to unzip compressed files and read Word or Excel documents, recruit your IT specialist or a computer-savvy friend to help you with the following steps.
Once you’ve downloaded the fee schedule file, select and open either the Excel (.xls) or
text (.txt.) version of the “PPRVUxx” file (where the...
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