AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 2 (February)

Medicare Physician Payment Changes in 2018 (February 2018)

February 2018 pages 7-9 Medicare Physician Payment Changes in 2018 Conversion Factor for 2018 The Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 was signed into law on April 16, 2015. The legislation repealed the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) update methodology for physicians' services in order to provide positive annual payment updates of 0.5% starting July 1, 2015, and lasting through 2019. On November 2, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for calendar year (CY) 2018 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule (MFS). To calculate the 2018...

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