by Wyn Staheli, Director of Content - innoviHealth
Nov 26th, 2018
CMT Fees in 2019
Posted on November 26, 2018 at 09:08:47 pm
There were some very minor reductions to the RVUs for CMT codes 90840-90843. The practice expense (PE) RVUs for codes 98940, 98942, and 98943 were reduced by .01. So using the final 2019 PFS conversion factor of $36.04, which is slightly higher than the 2018 PFS conversion factor of $35.99, the national, unadjusted Medicare allowed fees for 2019 will be:
|
Code |
2019 Fee |
2018 Fee |
Difference |
| 98940 |
28.83 |
29.16 |
- 0.33 |
| 98941 |
41.81 |
41.76 |
+ 0.05 |
| 98942 |
54.06 |
54.36 |
-0.30 |
| 98943 |
27.75 |
28.08 |
-0.33 |
Other payers who use the same RVUs could also have minor fee reductions for 2019. Now is the time to prepare for the upcoming year. Be sure you:
- Contact your contracted payers to find out what their allowed amounts will be. Evaluate your contracts.
- Review Chapter 1.5 - Establishing Fees in the 2019 ChiroCode DeskBook.
ChiroCode also offers a comprehensive fee analysis service. CLICK HERE for more information.
About Wyn Staheli, Director of Content - innoviHealth
Wyn Staheli is the Director of Content Research for innovHealth. She has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. With her degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), she has been a programmer for a large insurance carrier as well as a California hospital system. She is also the author and editor of many medical resource books and the founder of InstaCode Institute.
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