Proposed fee schedule continues emphasis on quality care payments

Article Overview

This article reviews the 2009 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule from CMS and highlights the broad policy areas it covers, including quality-reporting incentives, valuation review, diagnostic testing oversight, ordering and referral documentation, and several related payment and compliance topics. It is aimed at readers who follow Medicare physician payment policy, practice operations, and regulatory updates, and it helps them gauge whether the full discussion is relevant to their coding, billing, and compliance work.