decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2015 Issue 11 (November)
2016 fee schedule: Radiation therapy centers lose, indy labs win among specialties
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Article Overview
This premium article reviews the 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule’s specialty impact analysis, showing how changes in work, practice expense, and malpractice RVUs affect expected allowed charges across a broad range of specialties and provider types. It is relevant to physicians, billing professionals, and healthcare finance teams who track Medicare reimbursement trends and want to understand which specialties are projected to see larger increases or decreases in allowed charges. The article includes a table of specialty-by-specialty impacts and commentary on the most notable increases and decreases.
Why This Topic Matters
Medicare fee schedule updates can shift reimbursement across specialties, affecting budgeting, revenue forecasting, and practice strategy. This article helps readers quickly identify where the largest expected payment changes are concentrated in the 2016 rule.
Article Sections
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Benchmark of the week
Introduces the Medicare physician fee schedule impact analysis and summarizes the main specialty-level trends for the coming year.
What You Will Learn
- How the 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule is being summarized by specialty impact
- Which broad provider groups are highlighted as facing notable increases or decreases
- How the article frames changes in work, practice expense, and malpractice RVU adjustments
- What categories of specialties are included in the impact table
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing specialists
- Practice managers
- Revenue cycle staff
- Healthcare consultants
- Physician groups
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