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Medicare Physician Payment Rule Factors in GPCI
The final 2012 Medicare physician payment rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes an adjusted fee schedule for the Geographic Practice Cost Index. The adjustment prevents large cuts this year and will help California physicians in the future.
The financial adjustment to Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI) will greatly benefit physicians in California and around the country, and most importantly it will help <a href="http://www.healthfusion.com/eprescribing.asp">ePrescribing (eRx)</a>. Without the redistribution provided by GPCI, e-prescribing adoption would face a much more difficult path, especially in such a large, powerful state (California).