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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-1461

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

Medical Assistance Program Fee Schedule Revisions

[36 Pa.B. 4074]
[Saturday, July 29, 2006]

   The Department of Public Welfare (Department) announces that it will revise fees on the Medical Assistance (MA) Program Fee Schedule for select medical and radiological procedure codes, effective July 31, 2006.

   The Pennsylvania Medicaid State Plan (State Plan) specifies that maximum fees for services covered under the MA Program are to be determined on the basis of the following: fees may not exceed the Medicare upper limit when applicable; fees must be consistent with efficiency, economy and quality of care; and fees must be sufficient to assure the availability of services to recipients.

   The Department has determined that MA payment rates for 16 medical and radiological procedure codes are above the Medicare-approved amount for the same procedure codes. The Department is adjusting the MA Program Fee Schedule payment rates for these 16 procedure codes to equal the Medicare-approved amount. Revision of these fees is necessary to comply with the State Plan and to avoid a Federal disallowance.

   The Department will revise the total fee (billed with no modifier) and the professional component fee (billed with modifier 26) for all of the following medical and radiological procedure codes. In addition and as set forth below, the Department will revise the technical component fee (billed with modifier TC) for procedure codes 73564 and 73610. These revisions are effective July 31, 2006.

Procedure Codes with Fees Exceeding 100% Medicare

Code Description Professional Component Fee Revision (Billing with Modifier 26) Technical Component Fee Revision (Billing with Modifier TC) Total Fee Revision (Billing with No Modifier)
70450 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material(s) $43.01 No Change $120.51
70544 Magnetic resonance angiography, head; without contrast material(s) $60.68 No Change $328.09
71020 Radiologic examination, chest, two views, frontal and lateral; $11.04 No Change $26.04
71275 Computed tomographic angiography, chest, without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sections, including image post-processing $97.05 No Change $313.85
72146 Magnetic resonance (for example, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, thoracic; without contrast material $80.89 No Change $268.09
72148 Magnetic resonance (for example, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, lumbar; without contrast material $74.98 No Change $262.18
73564 Radiologic examination, knee; complete, four or more views $11.04 $22.42 $33.45
73610 Radiologic examination, ankle; complete, minimum of three views $8.80 $18.73 $27.53
74183 Magnetic resonance (for example, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences $114.00 No Change $673.01
78465 Myocardial perfusion imaging; tomo- graphic (spect), multiple studies (including attenuation correction when performed), at rest and/or stress (exercise and/or pharmacologic) and redistribution and/or rest injection, with or without quantification $74.63 No Change $337.43
93307 Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation (2d) with or without m-mode recording; complete $47.75 No Change $142.75
93320 Doppler echocardiography, pulsed wave and/or continuous wave with spectral display (list separately in addition to codes for echocardiographic imaging); complete $19.84 No Change $66.34
93923 Noninvasive physiologic studies of upper or lower extremity arteries, multiple levels or with provocative functional maneuvers, complete bilateral study (for example, segmental blood pressure measurements, segmental doppler waveform analysis, segmental volume plethysmo- graphy, segmental transcutaneous oxygen tension measurements, measurements with postural provocative tests, measurements with reactive hyperemia) $23.40 No Change $93.45
93970 Duplex scan of extremity veins including responses to compression and other maneuvers; complete bilateral study $35.46 No Change $149.66
93971 Duplex scan of extremity veins including responses to compression and other maneuvers; unilateral or limited study $23.10 No Change $101.70
95903 Nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study, each nerve; motor, with f-wave study $32.54 No Change $41.52

Fiscal Impact

   It is anticipated that these revisions will result in savings of $2.130 million ($1.199 million in State funds) in the Medical Assistance--Outpatient Program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 and annualized savings of $ 2.839 million ($1.598 million in State funds) in FY 2007-2008.

Public Comment

   Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding this notice to the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, c/o Deputy Secretary's Office, Attention: Regulations Coordinator, Room 515, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Comments received will be reviewed and considered for any subsequent revision to the MA Program Fee Schedule.

   Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid or service may submit comments using the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).

ESTELLE B. RICHMAN,   
Secretary of Public Welfare

   Fiscal Note: 14-NOT-481. No fiscal impact; (8) recommends adoption. This action is expected to generate savings of $1.199 million in FY 2006-2007.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1461. Filed for public inspection July 28, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]



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