---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 414.66"
title: "42"
number: "414.66"
heading: "Incentive payments for physician scarcity areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/414.66"
---

# §414.66. Incentive payments for physician scarcity areas.

- (a) **Definition.** As used in this section, the following definitions apply.

  Physician scarcity area is defined as an area with a shortage of primary care physicians or specialty physicians to the Medicare population in that area.

  Primary care physician is defined as a general practitioner, family practice practitioner, general internist, obstetrician or gynecologist.

- (b) Physicians' services furnished to a beneficiary in a Physician Scarcity Area (PSA) for primary or specialist care are eligible for a 5 percent incentive payment.
- (c) Primary care physicians furnishing services in primary care PSAs are entitled to an additional 5 percent incentive payment above the amount paid under the physician fee schedule for their professional services furnished on or after January 1, 2005 and before January 1, 2008.
- (d) Physicians, as defined in section 1861(r)(1) of the Act, furnishing services in specialist care PSAs are entitled to an additional 5 percent payment above the amount paid under the physician fee schedule for their professional services furnished on or after January 1, 2005 and before January 1, 2008.

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 66424, Nov. 15, 2004]

### Source

Source: 56 FR 59624, Nov. 25, 1991; 57 FR 42492, Sept. 15, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395hh, and 1395rr(b)(l).

### Source

Source: 55 FR 23441, June 8, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 66424, Nov. 15, 2004]