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FY 2006 FUND SURCHARGE RATING CLASSIFICATIONS

HCSF
CLASS
GROUPS

CLASS GROUP DESCRIPTIONS – Important Notes:

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1

Physicians-No Surgery, includes: Allergy, Dermatology, Forensic Medicine, Legal Medicine, Pathology, Psychiatry (including child), Psychoanalysis, Psychosomatic Medicine, Public Health.

2
Physicians-No Surgery, includes: Aerospace Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, General Practice, General Preventive Medicine, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Hematology, Hypnosis, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Laryngology, Neoplastic Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology (including child), Nuclear Medicine, Nutrition, Occupational Medicine, Ophthalmology, Otology, Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiatry, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Diseases, Radiology, Rheumatology, Rhinology, Urgent Care Physicians and other Physicians who are not performing surgery and are not otherwise classified.
3
Physicians-Performing Minor Surgery or Assisting in Surgery, includes: Cardiovascular Disease, Dermatology, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Family Practice (no OB procedures), Gastroenterology, General Practice, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Invasive Procedures (as defined and classified by the basic coverage insurer), Laryngology, Neoplastic Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology (including child), Ophthalmology (including minor and major surgery), Otology, Otorhinolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Radiology, Rhinology, Shock Therapy and other Physicians who are performing minor surgery and are not otherwise classified.
4
Family Physicians or General Practitioners-Performing Minor Surgery or Assisting in Surgery, includes obstetrical procedures, but not Cesarean Sections.
5

Surgical Specialists, includes: Broncho-Esophagology, Colon and Rectal, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Neoplastic, Nephrology, Urological, Family Physicians or General Practitioners performing Major Surgery.

6

Surgical Specialists, includes: Emergency Medicine (no major surgery), Laryngology, Otology, Otorhinolaryngology, Rhinology.

7

Specialists In Anesthesiology (Includes DDS certified to administer anesthetics)

8

Surgical Specialists, includes: Emergency Medicine (including major surgery), Abdominal, Gynecology, Hand, Head and Neck, Plastic (Otorhinolaryngology), Plastic (Not Otherwise Classified), General (This classification does not apply to any family or general practitioner or to any specialist who occasionally performs major surgery).

9

Surgical Specialists, includes: Cardiac, Cardiovascular Disease, Orthopedic, Thoracic, Traumatic, Vascular.

10

Surgical Specialists, includes: Obstetrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Perinatology.

11

Surgical Specialists, includes: Neurology (including child).

12

Chiropractors

13

Registered Nurse Anesthetists

14

Podiatrists

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