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tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 40
Medicare Lowers 2009 New Conversion Factor to $36.0666
But budget neutrality adjustment softens the blow, offering 1.1 percent boost.Don't lose heart when you see CMS' 2009 conversion factor of $36.066 -- a drop from this year's $38.0870. CMS attempts to make up for the lower conversion factor by 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...
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