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tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 1
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Beware 2016 Fee Changes That Could Slash Your Pay
Check out these steep endoscopy cuts.
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule is out, and we have some news that will impact your general surgery practice.
Good news: With the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) annual adjustment gone, you’re not facing across-theboard double-digit pay cuts as you have in past years.
Bad news: With a one percent target for MPFS reductions due to misvalued codes, general surgery practices that perform endoscopies will take a big hit in pay for those services.
Read on to see what’s in store for you 2016 general surgery Medicare pay.
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