DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2013 Issue 9 (September)

Benchmark: Percent change in E/M utilization, 2011-2012

In recent years, the number of claims with E/M new-patient codes (99201-99205) have been rising — particularly at Level 4 and Level 5, which grew by a whopping 157% and 193%, respectively between 2007 and 2011. Claims with established-patient codes, on the other hand, grew a little at the high end but actually declined for Levels 1, 2 and 3. New CMS data shows a few changes between 2011 and 2012.

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