Physician Practice Information Survey RUC Meeting – January 29, 2009

1. Physician Practice Information SurveyRUC Meeting – January 29, 2009

2. Survey Launched in 1st Qtr 2008 • Dmrkynetec mailed survey packets in three waves from late January through late March. • More than 50,000 physicians received the survey packet. • All physicians should have received at least ten phone calls. Some physicians have received as many as 15 calls. • Most physicians chose to complete the survey on web – phone, mail, fax, web were all allowed

3. Expectations • 1,000 new completes by April 30. • 3,000 completed surveys by August 31 • 4,000 completed surveys by October 31 • 100 completes per specialty (5,000 overall) by December 31, 2008 • PE/Hour computations to be delivered to CMS by March 31, 2009.

4. Responses – January 29 • More than 7,300 physicians have participated • Nearly every specialty had in excess of 100 physicians responding to survey • 611 useable completes from 2007 Gallup effort. • 4,431 Dmrkynetec New Completes • Total of 5,042 Completed Surveys (according to survey firm)

5. Next Steps – 1st Quarter 2009 • Dmrkynetec to send AMA data for all MD/DO respondents by early February • Dmrkynetec to send Lewin data for all non-MD/DO respondents by early February • Data to be cleaned and analyzed by AMA economists and Lewin to determine level of completeness • Practice Expense/Physician Hours (PE/Hour) will be computed on a specialty level by March 31, 2009 for delivery to CMS

6. Next Steps – 2nd Quarter 2009 • AMA will work with CMS, Lewin, and relevant specialty societies if any further analysis is required. • AMA will prepare detailed reports for each of the specialties who participated in the survey effort. • A summary report will be prepared for the April 23-26 RUC meeting. • CMS to release NPRM in Summer 2009