24.29.1561    PHYSICIAN FEES -- MEDICINE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FROM APRIL 1, 1993, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007

(1) For services provided from April 1, 1993, through December 30, 2007, fees for medicine specialty area services are payable according to the values listed in Relative Values for Physicians.

(2) Nothing in this rule is to be construed so as to broaden the scope of a provider's practice. Each provider is to limit their services to those which can be performed within the limits and restrictions of the provider's professional licensure. Providers may only charge for services performed that are consistent with the scope of their practice and licensure.

(3) The conversion factor used depends on the date the service was rendered:

(a) Effective April 1, 1993, the conversion factor for each medical specialty area service performed by a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, and doctor of podiatry are as follows:

 

	Specialty     Area	Procedure     Codes	Conversion Factor
(i)	Medicine	90000 - 99999	$ 3.77
(ii)	Surgery	10000 - 69999	80.55
(iii)	Radiology	70000 - 79999
	(Professional or Total Component)		15.59
(iv)	Pathology	80000 - 89999	13.50

     

(b) Effective January 1, 1994, and each year annually thereafter, the conversion factor will increase in the manner specified by ARM 24.29.1536.

History: 39-71-203, MCA; IMP, 39-71-704, MCA; NEW, 1993 MAR p. 404, Eff. 4/1/93; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 1659, Eff. 8/1/93; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 680, Eff. 4/1/94; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 1670, Eff. 10/26/07.