tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2012 Issue 4

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: You Won't Face 27 Percent Medicare Cut for 2012

Congressional 10-month delay pushes payment formula problems to 2013.For practices fearing the worst with potential Medicare cuts coming your way on March 1, Congress offered good news and bad news by coming to an agreement to address the looming pay cuts.The good news: Under the agreement, you won't have to deal with a massive conversion factor cut that would have slashed the Medicare conversion factor from the current $34.0376 to just $24.6712, which was due to take effect on March 1.The bad news: Although medical societies were abuzz with speculation that legislators were working...

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