Medicare program; physician performance standard rates of increase for federal fiscal year 1991--HCFA. Notice.

This notice announces the Federal fiscal year (FY) 1991 physician performance standard rates of increase for expenditures and volume of physician services under the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (part B) Program as required by section 1848(f)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act as added by section 4105(d) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. The physician performance standard rates of increase for FY 1991 are the following: 7.3 percent for all physician services, 3.3 percent for surgical services, and 8.6 percent for nonsurgical services.