DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 7 (July)

CMS proposes 21.5% physician cut in 2010, wants to eliminate consult payments

You probably already knew CMS was planning to propose a huge cut to your 2010 payments, but the agency also proposes to eliminate payment for consult codes, directing specialists to instead bill new and established patient E/M codes. In addition, the agency proposes to eliminate the cost of drugs from the physician payment formula, a concession long-sought by physician specialty groups.

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