Limiting charges for non-PAR physicians are set at 115% of the Medicare approved amount for non-PAR physicians. However, because Medicare approved amounts for non-PAR physicians are 95% of the rates for PAR physicians, the 15% limiting charge is effectively only 9.25% above the PAR approved amounts for the services.
In the United States, rose quartz (including the star variety) is found in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and is the official state mineral. Other important sources of the gemstone are India, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil and Madagascar (where mines also yield examples of star rose quartz).
A silicon dioxide crystal, Rose Quartz is one of the most common varieties of the Quartz family. It is found in abundance around the world and occurs only in massive form, with no crystal faces, edges or terminations. It is hazy to translucent, and is usually found in the cores of granite pegmatites.