HSIP is intended to improve access to major surgical procedure and to as an incentive for general surgeons to participate within specific time frames.
The following is the actual description you get when you Google Medicare HSIP:
HSIP was created to improve access to major surgical procedures (surgical procedures with a 10 day or 90 day global period) for Medicare patients in a HSPA area. To be eligible for the HSIP incentive, a physician must be enrolled in Medicare as a General Surgeon (specialty 02). The HSIP incentive is effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2016.
Incentive payments earned under HSIP will be combined with incentive payments earned under other quarterly incentive programs and issued as a single check.
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The following is the actual description you get when you Google Medicare HSIP:
HSIP was created to improve access to major surgical procedures (surgical procedures with a 10 day or 90 day global period) for Medicare patients in a HSPA area. To be eligible for the HSIP incentive, a physician must be enrolled in Medicare as a General Surgeon (specialty 02). The HSIP incentive is effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2016.
Incentive payments earned under HSIP will be combined with incentive payments earned under other quarterly incentive programs and issued as a single check.