DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 4 (April)
Primary care bonus being paid to some non-primary care providers
You might receive an unexpected bonus payment from Medicare thanks to the Primary Care Incentive Payment (PCIP) program, Part B News has learned. It would be unexpected because your providers didn’t actually furnish any primary care. At least one practice in Pennsylvania got a surprise electronic payment worth $2,700 from Highmark, the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). But this practice consisted only of pain management specialists and four physician assistants.
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