tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 36

Fee Schedule: 2009 Conversion Factor Lands At $36.066

But expect a 1.1 percent budget neutrality adjustment boost. The 2009 conversion factor has dropped from $38.087 to $36.066, but CMS is boosting the budget neutrality adjustment by 1.1 percent. Therefore, despite the lower conversion factor, the relative value units (RVUs) for some procedures have gone up (see page 307 for information in which procedures and specialties benefited from the new fee schedule, and which suffered). "There is a 6.5-percent, five-year practice expense reduction that has been in the works for the past five years, so without the 1.1 percent increase, we would...

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