Reimbursement: Part B Pay Overhauled, Global Surgical Packages to Stay
Three incentive programs to be consolidated.
Now that the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) has been signed into law, you need to know what’s ahead for your practice in the coming years.
Watch for a Pay Boost Next Year
MACRA eliminates the SGR formula for Medicare physician payment once and for all. Congress has passed 17 SGR “patches” since 2002, which has made both legislators and physicians wary about simply moving the problem forward yet again.
The bill gives 0.5 percent annual boosts to Medicare pay for five years, after which practitioners would get...
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