decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2017 Issue 11 (November)
Winners, losers from 2018 Medicare physician fee schedule pay changes
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Article Overview
This article reviews selected payment changes in the 2018 Medicare physician fee schedule and highlights procedures that saw notable increases or decreases. It is aimed at coding, billing, and reimbursement professionals who need a quick read on which services were affected and why the changes matter for practice revenue and planning. The piece focuses on a small set of CPT-coded services and compares payment direction and magnitude across the listed examples.
Why This Topic Matters
Fee schedule updates can materially affect reimbursement for commonly performed services, so understanding which procedures moved up or down helps practices anticipate revenue impacts and review coding and billing workflows for the new year.
What You Will Learn
- Which types of services were highlighted as having the largest payment increases under the 2018 Medicare physician fee schedule
- Which types of services were highlighted as having payment decreases under the 2018 fee schedule
- How the article frames the reimbursement impact of these changes for physician practices
- Which procedures were discussed as examples of broader fee schedule winners and losers
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Coding auditors
- Physician practice managers
- Billing staff
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Healthcare reimbursement analysts
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