ARM 24.29.1561. PHYSICIAN FEES -- MEDICINE

(1) Fees for medicine specialty area services are payable according to the values listed in Relative Values for Physicians. (2) Nothing in this rule is to be construed so as to broaden the scope of a provider's practice. Each provider is to limit their services to those which can be performed within the limits and restrictions of the provider's professional licensure. Providers may only charge for services performed that are consistent with the scope of their practice and licensure. (3) The conversion factor used depends on the date the service was rendered: (a) Effective April 1, 1993, the conversion factor for each medical specialty area service performed by a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, and doctor of podiatry are as follows: Specialty Area Procedure Codes Conversion Factor (i) Medicine 90000 - 99999 $ 3.77 (ii) Surgery 10000 - 69999 80.55 (iii) Radiology 70000 - 79999 (Professional or Total Component) 15.59 (iv) Pathology 80000 - 89999 13.50 (b) Effective January 1, 1994, and each year annually thereafter, the conversion factor will increase in the manner specified by ARM 24.29.1536 .