Cardiology Coding Alert

Question: I have the "2007 National Physician fee schedule Relative Value File" loaded on my computer desktop and have not been able to remember the link that I used to get to it. Is the 2008 version available?

Answer: No. The final 2008 Medicare fee schedule usually does not come out until November and sometimes not until early December. Once CMS publishes the final rule in the Federal Register, the file will be available on the CMS Web site for downloading. Check back with Cardiology Coding Alert for the URL as well.

��' -- You Be the Coder and Reader Questions were prepared with the assistance of Jim Collins, ACS-CA, CHCC, CPC, CEO of the Cardiology Coalition and compliance manager for several cardiology groups around the country; and reviewed by Jerome Williams Jr., MD, FACC, a cardiologist with Mid Carolina Cardiology in Charlotte, N.C.