DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 12 (December)

CMS revises 2010 conversion factor lower

As if the conversion factor for 2010 wasn't bad enough, now you can expect your payments to go down even more than you thought last month - unless Congress takes action. CMS adjusted the 2010 conversion factor downward, again, after correcting the relative value units (RVUs) for 14 codes. The conversion factor will be $28.3895 instead of $28.4061, representing just a fraction of a percent difference.

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