4(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(10) UPDATE FOR 2010.—The update to the 
single conversion factor established in paragraph 
(1)(C) for 2010 shall be the percentage increase in 
the MEI (as defined in section 1842(i)(3)) for that 
year.’’. 
(b) REBASING SGR USING 2009; LIMITATION ON 
CUMULATIVE ADJUSTMENT PERIOD.—Section 1848(d)(4) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(d)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (D) and 
(G)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) REBASING USING 2009 FOR FUTURE 
UPDATE
ADJUSTMENTS.—In determining the 
update adjustment factor under subparagraph 
(B) for 2011 and subsequent years— 
‘‘(i) the allowed expenditures for 2009 
shall be equal to the amount of the actual 
expenditures for physicians’ services during 
2009; and 
‘‘(ii) the reference in subparagraph 
(B)(ii)(I) to ‘April 1, 1996’ shall be treat-
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ed as a reference to ‘January 1, 2009 (or, 
if later, the first day of the fifth year be-
fore the year involved)’.’’. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON
PHYSICIANS’ SERVICES
IN-
CLUDED IN TARGET GROWTH RATE COMPUTATION TO 
SERVICES COVERED UNDER PHYSICIAN FEE SCHED-
ULE.—Effective for services furnished on or after January 
1, 2009, section 1848(f)(4)(A) of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘(such as clinical’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘in a physician’s office’’ and inserting ‘‘for which payment 
under this part is made under the fee schedule under this 
section, for services for practitioners described in section 
1842(b)(18)(C) on a basis related to such fee schedule, 
or for services described in section 1861(p) (other than 
such services when furnished in the facility of a provider 
of services)’’. 
(d) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SEPARATE
TARGET 
GROWTH RATES FOR CATEGORIES OF SERVICES.— 
(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SERVICE
CAT-
EGORIES.—Subsection (j) of section 1848 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SERVICE CATEGORIES.—For services fur-
nished on or after January 1, 2009, each of the fol-
lowing categories of physicians’ services (as defined 
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in paragraph (3)) shall be treated as a separate 
‘service category’: 
‘‘(A) Evaluation and management services 
that are procedure codes (for services covered 
under this title) for— 
‘‘(i) services in the category des-
ignated Evaluation and Management in the 
Health Care Common Procedure Coding 
System (established by the Secretary under 
subsection (c)(5) as of December 31, 2009, 
and as subsequently modified by the Sec-
retary); and 
‘‘(ii) preventive services (as defined in 
section 1861(iii)) for which payment is 
made under this section. 
‘‘(B) All other services not described in 
subparagraph (A). 
Service categories established under this paragraph 
shall apply without regard to the specialty of the 
physician furnishing the service.’’. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SEPARATE
CONVER-
SION
FACTORS
FOR
EACH
SERVICE
CATEGORY.— 
Subsection (d)(1) of section 1848 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) by designating the sentence begin-
ning ‘‘The conversion factor’’ as clause (i) 
with the heading ‘‘APPLICATION OF SIN-
GLE
CONVERSION
FACTOR.—’’ and with 
appropriate indentation; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘The conversion fac-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to clause (ii), 
the conversion factor’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(ii) APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE CON-
VERSION
FACTORS
BEGINNING
WITH 
2011.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—In applying 
clause (i) for years beginning with 
2011, separate conversion factors 
shall be established for each service 
category of physicians’ services (as de-
fined in subsection (j)(5)) and any 
reference in this section to a conver-
sion factor for such years shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the con-
version factor for each of such cat-
egories. 
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‘‘(II) INITIAL CONVERSION FAC-
TORS.—Such factors for 2011 shall be 
based upon the single conversion fac-
tor for the previous year multiplied by 
the update established under para-
graph (11) for such category for 
2011. 
‘‘(III) UPDATING
OF
CONVER-
SION
FACTORS.—Such factor for a 
service category for a subsequent year 
shall be based upon the conversion 
factor for such category for the pre-
vious year and adjusted by the update 
established for such category under 
paragraph (11) for the year in-
volved.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘other physicians’ services’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
physicians’ services described in the service cat-
egory described in subsection (j)(5)(B)’’. 
(3) ESTABLISHING UPDATES FOR CONVERSION 
FACTORS
FOR
SERVICE
CATEGORIES.—Section 
1848(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–4(d)), as amended by subsection (a), is 
amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by striking 
‘‘The allowed’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para-
graph (11)(B), the allowed’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) UPDATES FOR SERVICE CATEGORIES BE-
GINNING WITH 2011.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In applying paragraph 
(4) for a year beginning with 2011, the fol-
lowing rules apply: 
‘‘(i) APPLICATION OF SEPARATE UP-
DATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR EACH SERVICE 
CATEGORY.—Pursuant 
to 
paragraph 
(1)(A)(ii)(I), the update shall be made to 
the conversion factor for each service cat-
egory (as defined in subsection (j)(5)) 
based upon an update adjustment factor 
for the respective category and year and 
the update adjustment factor shall be com-
puted, for a year, separately for each serv-
ice category. 
‘‘(ii) COMPUTATION OF ALLOWED AND 
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES BASED ON SERV-
ICE CATEGORIES.—In computing the prior 
year adjustment component and the cumu-
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lative adjustment component under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of paragraph (4)(B), the fol-
lowing rules apply: 
‘‘(I) APPLICATION
BASED
ON 
SERVICE
CATEGORIES.—The allowed 
expenditures and actual expenditures 
shall be the allowed and actual ex-
penditures for the service category, as 
determined under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(II) APPLICATION OF CATEGORY 
SPECIFIC
TARGET
GROWTH
RATE.— 
The growth rate applied under clause 
(ii)(II) of such paragraph shall be the 
target growth rate for the service cat-
egory involved under subsection (f)(5). 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION
OF
ALLOWED
EX-
PENDITURES.—In applying paragraph (4) for a 
year beginning with 2010, notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (C)(iii) of such paragraph, the al-
lowed expenditures for a service category for a 
year is an amount computed by the Secretary 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) FOR 2010.—For 2010: 
‘‘(I) TOTAL
2009
ACTUAL
EX-
PENDITURES FOR ALL SERVICES IN-
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CLUDED
IN
SGR
COMPUTATION
FOR 
EACH SERVICE CATEGORY.—Compute 
total actual expenditures for physi-
cians’ services (as defined in sub-
section (f)(4)(A)) for 2009 for each 
service category. 
‘‘(II) 
INCREASE
BY
GROWTH 
RATE TO OBTAIN 2010 ALLOWED EX-
PENDITURES
FOR
SERVICE
CAT-
EGORY.—Compute allowed expendi-
tures for the service category for 2010 
by increasing the allowed expenditures 
for the service category for 2009 com-
puted under subclause (I) by the tar-
get growth rate for such service cat-
egory under subsection (f) for 2010. 
‘‘(ii) FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—For 
a subsequent year, take the amount of al-
lowed expenditures for such category for 
the preceding year (under clause (i) or this 
clause) and increase it by the target 
growth rate determined under subsection 
(f) for such category and year.’’. 
(4) 
APPLICATION
OF
SEPARATE
TARGET 
GROWTH RATES FOR EACH CATEGORY.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1848(f) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(f)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION
OF
SEPARATE
TARGET 
GROWTH RATES FOR EACH SERVICE CATEGORY BE-
GINNING WITH 2010.—The target growth rate for a 
year beginning with 2010 shall be computed and ap-
plied separately under this subsection for each serv-
ice category (as defined in subsection (j)(5)) and 
shall be computed using the same method for com-
puting the target growth rate except that the factor 
described in paragraph (2)(C) for— 
‘‘(A) the service category described in sub-
section (j)(5)(A) shall be increased by 0.02; and 
‘‘(B) the service category described in sub-
section (j)(5)(B) shall be increased by 0.01.’’. 
(B) USE OF TARGET GROWTH RATES.— 
Section 1848 of such Act is further amended— 
(i) in subsection (d)— 
(I) in paragraph (1)(E)(ii), by in-
serting ‘‘or target’’ after ‘‘sustain-
able’’; and 
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(II) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(II), 
by inserting ‘‘or target’’ after ‘‘sus-
tainable’’; 
(ii) in the heading of subsection (f), 
by inserting ‘‘AND
TARGET
GROWTH 
RATE’’ 
after 
‘‘SUSTAINABLE
GROWTH 
RATE’’; 
(iii) in subsection (f)(1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of subparagraph (A); 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by in-
serting ‘‘before 2010’’ after ‘‘each 
succeeding year’’ and by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) November 1 of each succeeding year 
the target growth rate for such succeeding year 
and each of the 2 preceding years.’’; and 
(iv) in subsection (f)(2), in the matter 
before subparagraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘beginning with 2000’’ the following: ‘‘and 
ending with 2009’’. 
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(e) APPLICATION TO HEALTH CARE GROUP DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM AND SUCCESSOR ACCOUNTABLE 
CARE ORGANIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.—In applying the 
target growth rate under subsections (d) and (f) of section 
1848 of the Social Security Act to services furnished by 
a practitioner to beneficiaries who are attributable to a 
health care group under the demonstration program pro-
vided under section 1886A of such Act (or to an account-
able care organization under a pilot program that is a 
succcessor to such demonstration program under a section 
of such Act), the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall develop, not later than January 1, 2012, for applica-
tion beginning with 2012, a method that— 
(1) allows each such group or organization to 
have its own expenditure targets and updates for 
such practitioners, with respect to beneficiaries who 
are attributable to that group or organization, that 
are consistent with the methodologies described in 
such subsection (f); and 
(2) provides that the target growth rate appli-
cable to other physicians shall not apply to such 
physicians to the extent that the physicians’ services 
are furnished through the group or organization. 
In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may apply the difference in the update 
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under such paragraph on a claim-by-claim or lump sum 
basis and such a payment shall be taken into account 
under the demonstration or pilot program. 
Æ 
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