Physician fee schedule: Payment modifier applies only to large groups in 2015
The value-based payment modifier won’t kick in until 2017 unless your practice employs 100 or more providers, CMS states in the final 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule. The modifier will adjust all physicians’ payments depending on how they improve care and reduce costs compared with others in their region and specialty.
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