AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 1 (January)
Medicare Physician Payment Changes for 2013 (January 2013)
January 2013 pages 3-5 Medicare Physician Payment Changes for 2013 On November 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the 2013 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule (MPFS). Conversion Factor for 2013 The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 that was signed on December 23, 2011, provided temporary relief from an impending cut to the Medicare conversion factor, but this provision will expire on December 31, 2012. Accordingly, the CMS will implement a 26.5% decrease to payment effective January 1, 2013, and the projected Medicare conversion factor for 2013 is...
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