tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 26

Part B Payment: Proposed 2014 Fee Schedule Suggests Steep Cuts

But in 2015, practitioners could finally see bonuses for non-face-to-face services administered to patients with chronic problems. You’ll find good news and bad news in the proposed 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The bad news is that the agency will be making across-the-board payment cuts via the conversion factor in addition to cuts that will impact labs and pathologists specifically. On the bright side, however, CMS has suggested an innovative new approach to handling patients with chronic issues by proposing primary care bonuses for following patients with two or more chronic conditions that could take effect in 2015...

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