DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 10 (October)

Annual decline in Medicare E/M utilization slows sharply

There's been an abrupt slowing of a recent downward trend in annual E/M utilization, according to a Part B News analysis of new, 2008 CMS claims data (see main story). The total number of E/M services billed to Medicare fell by about 340,000 claims from 2007 to 2008 - a remarkable change from 2006 and 2007, which saw E/M utilization fall by 4.3 million and 3.6 million claims respectively (PBN 11/17/08).

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