Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 31.10.1997

Medicare Program; Physician Fee Schedule Conversion Factor for Calendar Year 1998 and Sustainable Growth Rate for Fiscal Year 1998

This final notice announces the calendar year 1998 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor and the fiscal year 1998 sustainable growth rate for expenditures for physicians' services under the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B) program as required by sections 1848(d) and (f), respectively, of the Social Security Act. The 1998 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor is $36.6873. The sustainable growth rate for fiscal year 1998 is 1.5 percent.