DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 10 (October)

Latest CMS data shows growth in E/M utilization for the first time since 2005

The number of E/M services billed to Medicare increased in 2009 over 2008 levels, reversing a trend of E/M declines that began in 2006, a Part B News analysis of the latest CMS data from 2009 shows. Total E/M utilization increased by 452,832 services, or just 0.19%, in this one-year period.

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