Medicare Payment Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a value index for the physician work component for each Medicare physician fee schedule area.
Requires the Secretary to create a value index for each hospital service area under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system (PPS).
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