Despite adjusted rate of 33.9764, changed RVUs should ensure that your payments will stay the same.
President Obama may have locked in a zero percent adjustment to your 2011 Medicare Part B payments last month, but that doesn't mean you'll be calculating your fees using last year's rates. In fact, the 2011 conversion factor is slightly lower this year than what you were collecting in 2010, according to an "emergency update" to the 2011 Fee Schedule that CMS issued on Dec. 3. But your payments shouldn't drop.
Your 2011 conversion factor will stand at 33.9764, "a net...
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