0938-AS81 201510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS CY 2017 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1654-P)

This annual proposed rule would revise payment polices under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and make other policy changes to payment under Medicare Part B. These changes would apply to services furnished beginning January 1, 2017.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Section 610 Review 42 CFR 409 42 CFR 410 42 CFR 414 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Pub. L. 114-10 Statutory Final 11/01/2016 Yes

The statute requires that we establish each year, by regulation, payment amounts for all physicians' services furnished in all fee schedule areas. This rule would implement changes affecting Medicare Part B payment to physicians and other Part B suppliers. The final rule has a statutory publication date of November 1, 2016, and an implementation date of January 1, 2017.

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Section 1848 of the Social Security Act (the Act) establishes the payment for physician services provided under Medicare. Section 1848 of the Act imposes an annual deadline of no later than November 1 for publication of the final rule or final physician fee schedule.

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None. This rule implements a statutory requirement.

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Total expenditures will be adjusted for CY 2017.

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If this regulation is not published timely, physician services will not be paid appropriately, beginning January 1, 2017.

]]> NPRM 06/00/2016 Yes Businesses Federal No Yes No Ryan Howe Director, Division of Practitioner Services 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-3355 ryan.howe@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C4-01-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244