AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 1 (January)

Medicare RBRVS Changes in 2020 (January 2020)

January 2020 pages 3-5 Medicare RBRVS Changes in 2020 Conversion Factor for 2020 On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the calendar year (CY) 2020 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule (MFS). To calculate the CY 2020 Medicare conversion factor (CF), CMS applied a budget-neutrality adjustment of 0.14%. This increase of 0.14%, effective January 1, 2020, results from the implementation of RUC recommendations for misvalued services. The CY 2020 Medicare CF is $36.0896. Effective January 1, 2020, the anesthesia CF is $22.2016, which reflects the same overall...

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