E/M Coding Alert - 2007 Issue 36
PHYSICIANS: You Could Lose All Your Payments For 99325 Next Year
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Article Overview
This article reviews a proposed 2008 Physician Fee Schedule policy that could affect payment for echocardiography services, including CMS bundling discussions and related physician and stakeholder responses. It also touches on broader fee schedule issues such as a scheduled payment cut, geographic practice expense categories, and support for quality reporting measures. The piece is relevant to physicians, cardiology practices, and coding/billing professionals following Medicare payment policy changes.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers track proposed payment policy changes that may affect reimbursement, practice operations, and coding workflow for cardiology and other physician services.
What You Will Learn
- What CMS proposed in the 2008 Physician Fee Schedule affecting echocardiography reimbursement
- How physicians responded to the proposed payment policy changes
- What other physician fee schedule issues were being discussed at the same time
- Which organizations and stakeholders commented on the broader quality reporting and geographic payment topics
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Cardiology practices
- Medical coders
- Medical billers
- Practice managers
- Health policy professionals
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