Fed Regist. 1992 Nov 25;57(228):56168-230.
This notice announces the calendar year (CY) 1993 updates to the Medicare physician fee schedule and the Federal fiscal year (FY) 1993 performance standard rates of increase for expenditures and volume of physician services under the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B) program as required by sections 1848(d) and (f), respectively, of the Social Security Act. It also sets forth an "initial" procedure-specific list of surgical and nonsurgical services to be used in applying the CY 1993 updates. These surgical and nonsurgical designations are subject to public comment. The physician performance standard rates of increase for Federal FY 1993 are 10.0 percent for all physician services, 8.4 percent for surgical services, and 10.8 percent for nonsurgical services. The fee schedule update for CY 1993 is 3.1 percent for surgical services and 0.8 percent for nonsurgical services.
本通知公布了根据《社会保障法》第1848(d)和(f)节要求，1993日历年对医疗保险医生费用表的更新内容，以及1993联邦财政年度医疗保险补充医疗保险（B部分）计划下医生服务支出和量的绩效标准增长率。它还列出了用于应用1993日历年更新内容的“初始”特定程序的手术和非手术服务清单。这些手术和非手术指定有待公众评议。1993联邦财政年度医生服务的绩效标准增长率为所有医生服务10.0%，手术服务8.4%，非手术服务10.8%。1993日历年的费用表更新为手术服务3.1%，非手术服务0.8%。
