To the List,
The information I was looking for is in a file “DMEBACK.DOC” included in the Downloadable PUF (Public Use Files) “do3 Jan r.zip” available for downloading at:
http://cms.hhs.gov/providers/pufdownload/default.asp#dme
You will need WinZip or the eqivalent to open the file.
I have included the information below.
1989 Initial Year of Fee Schedules
1990 0.0 percent
1991 3.7 percent
1992 3.7 percent
1993 3.1 percent
1994 3.0 percent
1995 2.5 percent
1996 3.0 percent
1997 2.8 percent
1998 0.0 percent
1999 0.0 percent
2000 0.0 percent
2001 3.7 percent (does not apply to oxygen and oxygen equipment or surgical dressings which received a
0.0 percent update for 2001)
2002 0.0 percent
2003 1.1 percent (does not apply to oxygen and oxygen equipment which received a
0.0 percent update for 2003)
Thanks to all that responded,
Harry Phillips, CPO
Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.
Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics
120 William Penn Plaza
Durham, NC
27704-2150
(919) 281-1814
Fax(919) 281-1877
[email protected]
