DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 12 (December)

Final physician fee schedule: Conversion factor, policy changes and more from final 2016 physician fee schedule

The legislation that permanently fixed the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula was supposed to guarantee a 0.5% pay boost that translated to a physician conversion factor of $35.9335 in 2016, but nothing is ever certain when dealing with CMS. CMS applied a few cuts to the conversion factors for physician and anesthesia services.

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