42 CFR § 414.54 - Payment for certified nurse-midwives' services.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s414.54"
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title: "42 CFR § 414.54 - Payment for certified nurse-midwives' services."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "414.54"
section_name: "Payment for certified nurse-midwives' services."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "414"
part_name: "PAYMENT FOR PART B MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395hh, and 1395rr(b)(l)."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 23441, June 8, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "414"
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# 414.54 Payment for certified nurse-midwives' services.
(a) For services furnished after December 31, 1991, allowed amounts under the fee schedule established under section 1833(a)(1)(K) of the Act for the payment of certified nurse-midwife services may not exceed 65 percent of the physician fee schedule amount for the service.
(b) For certified nurse-midwife services furnished on or after January 1, 2011, allowed amounts may not exceed 100 percent of the physician fee schedule amount that would be paid to a physician for the services.
[75 FR 73616, Nov. 29, 2010]