Getting paid: Thousands of providers face lower fees as result of work GPCI cuts
If you were expecting a modest boost in your 2018 Medicare fees but instead are seeing lower reimbursement than last year, you can probably blame something called a geographic practice cost index (GPCI) — the element of the professional fee calculation formula that CMS uses to set variable payment rates by locality.
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