DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 11 (November)

Final 2010 fee schedule dominated by consult change, 21.2% cut

You're just seven weeks away from a 2010 conversion factor (CF) that's a shocking $7.66 less than the 2009 CF, unless Congress steps in with a pay fix, according to the final 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS; see Part B News Special Report). The conversion factor is slated to drop to $28.4061 from $36.0666 on Jan. 1, though experts and Washington insiders believe a pay-fix is inevitable (PBN 11/2/09).

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