More specialties might consider sponsoring practice expense surveys

Article Overview

This article explains recent CMS adjustments to the standards used to evaluate specialty practice expense survey data and why some physician and allied health groups see the change as important. It discusses the broader context of Medicare physician payment data, why specialties may want to sponsor their own surveys, and how professional organizations are responding to the revised requirements. The piece is relevant to coding, reimbursement, practice management, and specialty society leaders who track Medicare fee schedule policy and survey-based payment support.