The farm bill was created as a temporary hand out to farmers created during the Depression, but now it's practically a permanent legislative fixture â a massive spending bill Congress passes every five years. Farm bill spending reached record levels in 2000, paying out $24.7 billion in subsidies.
Medicare contracted with the Omaha, Neb.-based StrategicHealthSolutions to serve as a Medicare supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) in 2012 to âidentify and employ more efficient methods of medical review, such as data extrapolationâ and lower improper payments for fee-for-service claims, according to its website.
In Chapter 23, as part of the CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database, the. descriptor for PC/TC indicator â7â, as applied to certain HCPCS/CPT codes, is described. as specific to the services of privately practicing therapists. Payment may not be made if.