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ASNC Practice Survey: 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Please take a few moments to explain how the 2010 CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts will affect your practice and your patients.
Information About Your Practice

1) *	How would you describe the geographic setting of your practice?
	Rural Suburban Urban
2) *	How many Medicare patients does your practice see annually?

3) *	How many total imaging tests does your practice perform annually?

4)	How many SPECT MPI tests does your practice perform annually?


How will the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts impact your practice?

1)	Practice will be forced to limit office hours.
	Yes No
2)	Practice will no longer be able to accept Medicare patients.
	Yes No
3)	Patients will be referred to the nearest hospital for imaging procedures.
	Yes No
4)	Practice will be forced to close.
	Yes No
5)	Practice will be forced to sell or merge with a local hospital.
	Yes No
6)	Practice will be forced to reduce paid staff such as nurses and technologists.
	Yes No
7)	Practice will be forced to cut employee benefits.
	Yes No
8)	Practice will be unable to accept cardiology fellows in the coming years.
	Yes No
9)	Cardiologists in my practice will elect to retire earlier than planned.
	Yes No
10)	Practice will no longer perform imaging services such as SPECT MPI or echo.
	Yes No
11)	Other


How will the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts impact your patients' access to imaging and cardiac care?

1)	Current Medicare patients will no longer be able to have imaging done at private practice offices and will be forced to have imaging done ONLY at the nearest hospital.
	Yes No
2)	Patients access will be diminished in my area because the nearest hospital is
	Less than 10 miles away 10-20 miles away 21-50 miles away 51-100 miles away More than 100 miles away
3)	Medicare patients’ co-pays will increase as much as 20% if they are forced to have imaging tests in a hospital setting.
	Yes No
4)	Early detection of heart disease will be greatly reduced because of patients’ lack of access to imaging services.
	Yes No
5)	It is my belief that Part B costs to Medicare will increase in my area because patients will have to receive imaging tests in a hospital setting where the Medicare reimbursement rate for imaging is higher than under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for private practice.
	Yes No
6)	Other