DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 12 (December)

CMS boosts pay for ‘Welcome to Medicare' exam in 2010

You and your peers will receive more money - nearly the equivalent of your payment for new patient visit 99204 (outpatient/office, new, $141.74) - when your physicians furnish the "Welcome to Medicare" exam to your patients (PBN 11/9/09). The 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule raises payment for the preventive service exam G0402 (Initial Preventive Physical Exam during first 12 months of Medicare enrollment) to $104.76 from $92.69 in 2009. You would receive more than $130 if Congress eliminates a 21.29% cut to Medicare reimbursements set for Jan. 1.

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