Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2009

November 19, 2008 The amendment to the fax rule starts on page 59. It describes the legislative and regulatory history and responds to comments that were submitted to demonstrate that implementing the e-prescribing only rule would negatively affect patient care. The full text of the final rule implements a broad range of changes to physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B payment policies. The physician fee schedule update is 1.1 percent for CY 2009; the preliminary estimate for the sustainable growth rate for CY 2009 is 7.4 percent; and the conversion factor (CF) for CY 2009 . . .