The RVS Update Committee (RUC) Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee (HCPAC) Review Board was formed in 1992 to allow for participation of non-MD/DO health care professionals in the RUC process. The 13 organizations currently seated on the HCPAC represent audiologists, chiropractors, marriage and family therapists, advanced practice registered nurses, occupational therapists, optometrists, physical therapists, physician assistants, podiatrists, psychologists, social workers, speech pathologists and registered dieticians.
All of these professionals use CPT® to report the services they provide independently to Medicare patients, and they are paid for these services based on the RBRVS physician payment schedule. The HCPAC members together with three physician members of the RUC comprise the RUC HCPAC Review Board, which is responsible for developing relative value recommendations which are submitted to CMS for new, revised and potentially misvalued codes that are reported principally by non-MD/DO professionals.
The co-chair of the HCPAC Review Board also serves as a member of the RUC. In addition, each of the HCPAC members serve on the RUC’s subcommittees, workgroups and facilitation committees. These individuals are critical participants to both the HCPAC Review Board and the RUC processes.
RUC HCPAC Review Board members
- Peter Hollmann, MD, chair
- Leisha Eiten, AuD, co-chair
- Mary Walsh-Sterup, OTR/L, alternate co-chair
- Kris R. Anderson, DC, MS
- Amy Aronsky, DO
- Charles Fitzpatrick, OD
- Harlivleen Gill, MBA, RDN, LDN, FAND
- Jennifer Hodgson, PhD, LMFT
- Folusho Ogunfiditimi, DM, MPH, PA-C
- Richard Rausch, DPT, MBA
- Luis Riquelme, PhD, CCC-SLP
- Scott Sperling, PsyD
- Elisabeth Volpert, DPM, APRN, FNP-BC
- Susan Walsh, DPM, MBA
- Orlando Wright, PhD, LCSW-C
- Robert Zwolak, MD
Organizations represented on the RUC HCPAC
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
- American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
- American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
- American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
- American Optometric Association (AOA)
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
- American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
RUC HCPAC resources
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