DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 1 (January)

2011 conversion factor falls, but RVU changes prop up your payments

After getting over the initial sticker shock caused by the new conversion factor, you and your peers can take comfort in most of your Medicare payments remaining stable for 2011 because of legislative payment fixes passed and signed into law before the New Year. The conversion factor is $33.9764 for 2011, representing a 7.85% drop from the rate used during the last half of 2010. However, all of your reimbursements have not decreased by nearly 8%.

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