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June 2015

Update: revision to specialist fee uplift program

In the March Record, we outlined several updates to eligibility requirements for specialist fee uplifts under the Physician Group Incentive Program, effective February 2016.

Since then, we’ve revised the timeframe of the one-year requirement. The following definition supersedes any previous communications about this topic:

To be considered for the 2016 specialist fee uplifts, practitioners must be on
both of the following PGIP practitioner “snapshot” lists: Jan. 13, 2015, and June 30, 2015.

Anesthesiologists remain exempt from this requirement for the 2016 fee uplifts and need only be on the June 30, 2015, PGIP practitioner snapshot.

For more information, contact your PGIP physician organization or your provider consultant.

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