DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 10 (October)

Benchmark of the Week: Initial patient E/M utilization, 2009-2011

These charts show the utilization rate of each initial patient E/M code (99201-99205) in 2009, 2010 and 2011, presented from left to right for each code. In this Part B Newsanalysis of the latest Medicare claims data available, utilization rate was derived by taking the total service count in a given year for each code and dividing it by the service count for all five initial patient office codes combined. For a look at 2009-2011 utilization for established patient E/M visits, check out PBN 10/8/12. 

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