Answer:
The answer is: letter B, Medicare Fee Schedule
Explanation:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is an organization under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is concerned for managing the nation's health care system. Under its program is the "Medicare Fee Schedule." This covers the physician's services as well as the including policies for payment adjustments. Since the practice cost from one location to another is different, the medicare fee schedule allows adjustment for such variations.
The fee schedule payment includes the "GPCI" (geographic practice cost index). Here, the RVUs or the "Relative Value Units" are multiplied to each component. The result will then be multiplied to the component's GCPI.
Thus, this explains the answer.
