CMS beat its Jan. 14 deadline for issuing an updated relative value file for the 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule, but Orthopedic Coder’s Pink Sheet unearthed one surprise in the new data — the conversion factor for your 2016 services will drop a little more than 2 cents. The $35.8279 conversion factor released in the final physician fee schedule on Oct. 31, is now $35.8043.
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