tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 37

Fee Schedule: Let Docs Choose Level For 'Welcome to Medicare' Exam Codes, AMA Urges

With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services planning to issue its final 2005 Physician Fee Schedule rule on Nov. 1, physicians are holding their breath for some changes from the proposed rule. In comments submitted in late September, the physician societies urge CMS to: Account for increased utilization of physician services that will result from the preventive benefits that Congress is adding to Medicare. Otherwise, under the sustainable growth rate formula the increased spending will lead to deeper cuts in physician rates in the future, warns the American College of Physicians. The new preventive services will trigger increased...

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