DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2020 Issue 9 (September)

Proposed physician fee schedule: CMS proposes 11% conversion factor cut, confirms E/M coding overhaul

You can expect to see wild swings to Medicare pay rates in 2021, according to proposals CMS released Aug. 4. The agency announced a nearly 11% cut to the Medicare physician fee schedule’s conversion factor (CF) for physician services, dropping it to a rate of $32.2605 next year, down from $36.0896 in 2020. The CF for anesthesia services will also take a tumble, from $22.2016 to $19.9631.

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