Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Primary Care Incentive Payment Program FAQs Posted to the CMS Website

Per Section 5501(a) of the Affordable Care Act, the Primary Care Incentive Payment (PCIP) program authorizes an incentive payment of 10 percent of Medicare's program payments to be paid to qualifying primary care physicians and non-physician practitioners for services rendered from Sunday, January 1, 2011 to Thursday, December 31, 2015.

CMS has published 22 FAQ items related to the PCIP program. These new FAQs can be found here. Alternatively, these FAQ items can be found by visiting the CMS Website and searching for “PCIP” or “Primary Care Incentive Payment.”