DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 4 (April)

GPCI floor restored to 1.000; 54 localities get payment increases

You'll see a retroactive payment increase averaging between roughly 1% and 3% if you practice in one of more than 50 localities affected by a geographic price cost index (GPCIs) adjustment in the health care reform bill. The Patient Protection and Affordability Act (PPACA) retroactively restores the minimum work GPCI factor of 1.000 to the Medicare payment formula. The floor expired Jan. 1, so providers in 54 geographic areas experienced decreases in payment because their work GPCI dropped below 1.000.

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