tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 9

Newsbrief: Watch For Proposed MPFS Surgery Price Changes

Look for tweak to merit-based pay adjustments, too. With CMS's recent release of the proposed rule for the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the word on the street is that you can expect some ups and downs for your general surgery practice pay next year. Good news: The proposed conversion factor (multiplier for procedure RVUs, or relative value units) doesn't change much in 2018 - up to 35.9903 compared to 35.8887 for 2017. Bad news: But CMS states in the proposed rule that payment for general surgery services across the board will decline by one percent next...

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