Physicians: Doctors Are Managing More Complex Patients, But E/M Payments Remain Stingy

Article Overview

This piece covers a physician coalition’s argument that Medicare evaluation and management payment policy is outdated relative to modern practice. It summarizes broad categories of concern, including increased documentation burden, more complex patient populations, greater use of screening and diagnostic services, patient communication expectations, and the role of electronic records and genetics. The article is relevant to physicians, medical coders, compliance staff, and reimbursement professionals following E/M valuation and Medicare fee schedule policy.