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MEIMinistry of European Integration (various locations)
MEIMinerals Engineering International (UK)
MEIMeeting Etichette Indipendenti (Italian: Meeting of Independent Labels)
MEIMaximum Exposed Individual
MEIMiddle East Institute
MEIMultiprotocol Encapsulation Implementation
MEIMicro Electronics, Inc. (various locations)
MEIMedicare Economic Index
MEIMain Economic Indicators
MEIMinistry of Energy and Infrastructure (Ontario, Canada)
MEIMiddle East International
MEIMidwest Economy Index (nonfarm business activity)
MEIMulti Engine Instructor
MEIMaryland English Institute
MEIMontreal Economic Institute (Canada)
MEIMathematics in Education and Industry (UK syllabus organisation)
MEIMennonite Educational Institute (Canada)
MEIMedical Examiner Investigator
MEIMonthly Economic Indicators
MEIMedium Energy Ion
MEIMunicipal and Environmental Infrastructure (EU)
MEIMeasured Equation of Invariance
MEIMaster of Electronic Imaging
MEIMuniz Engineering Inc. (multiple locations)
MEIMost Exposed Individual (risk assessment)
MEIMosaica Education, Inc. (alternative education)
MEIMolecular Electronic Transducer
MEIMeridian, MS, USA - Key Field (Airport Code)
MEIMeasuring Eco-Innovation (Netherlands)
MEIManagement Effectiveness Inspection
MEIMinistry of Electronic Industry (various nations)
MEIMultilateral Economic Institutions
MEIMaize Equivalent Income (Africa)
MEIMountain Enterprises and Infrastructure
MEIMysore Electrical Industries
MEIMandatory Expanded Inspection (Port State Control)
MEIMaintenance Engineering Inspection
MEIMissile ECM Improvement
MEIMiller Electric Incorporated
MEIManual of Engineering Instructions
MEIMaritime Education Initiative
MEIMultivariate ENSO Indicator
MEIMajor End Item
MEIMaguire Energy Institute
MEIMultiple Extension In Use
MEIMultiple Extension Internetworking
MEIMessage Exchange Interface
MEIManufacturing Engineering Instructions
MEIMaintenance Enterprise Inc (Yonkers, NY)
MEIManual Electrical Isolation (drilling)
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* Increased inflation-adjusted fees in 2000 to reflect the fact that the annual adjustments to the value of CF, the conversion factor, failed to keep up with practice cost inflation as measured by the Medicare Economic Index.
Medicare fees and the volume of physicians' services
Freeland, M.: Measuring Input Prices for Physicians: The Revised Medicare Economic Index. Health Care Financing Review 12 (4):61-73, Summer 1991.
Productivity adjustment in the Medicare physician fee schedule update
It would repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and replace the 21.2% cut with a positive update equal to the Medicare Economic Index for 2010, which is 1.2%.
Dickens thickens? Thickened Dickens? Dickens' chickens?
"They must pass Medicare reform that discards the destabilizing and flawed sustainable growth formula and in its place implements the Medicare Economic Index as the basis for physician payment calculations."
Congress passes doctor pay increase, Medicare reform
That formula adjusts the Medicare Economic Index based on how actual medical expenditures compare to a target rate--the SGR.
Medicare proposes 5.1% physician pay cut in 2007
Some also will continue to push for a system that would reward physicians with higher fees in exchange for more quality reporting, and tying physician fees to the Medicare Economic Index.
CMS proposes 4.6% physician pay cut for 2007
Prior to 1984, the annual increase in Medicare prevailing charges for physician services was limited by the Medicare Economic Index (Dutton and McMenamin 1981).
Effects of the relative fee structure on the use of surgical operations
Ardis Hoven, chair of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees, said in a statement that she was pleased to see in the rule "that there is a consensus on the need to update the government index of medical practice costs to reflect the current cost." According to the proposed rule, CMS intends to convene a technical panel to review all aspects of the Medicare Economic Index.
Medicare SGR fix unlikely; 30% fee cut in 2011
Nancy Johnson's (R-Conn.) pay-for-performance bill, which also would repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) and base future payments on the Medicare Economic Index.
Physicians make final plea to fix fee schedule: a 4.4% cut in Medicare fees could hit next year unless Congress intervenes; pay for performance at issue
Medicare Program; Revision of the Medicare Economic Index; Final rule.
Hospital, Employment, and Price Indicators for the Health Care Industry: Third Quarter 1997
The allowed amount was the lowest of (1) the physician's billed amount; (2) the physician's customary charge for that service (defined as his median billed amount during the preceding year); or (3) the prevailing charge in the locality (defined as the 75th percentile of all physicians' customary charges, or a lower amount determined by the Medicare Economic Index).
Volume responses to exogenous changes in Medicare's payment policies
That bill also scraps the SGR entirely over time and uses the Medicare Economic Index to determine physician payments.
Baucus reform bill: AAFP cautiously optimistic
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