DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 7 (July)

Primary care payment increase would require new work, organization

Prepare to document non-face-to-face time and to create a new workflow template to justify an extra $104 for recently discharged patients that CMS proposes in its 2013 physician fee schedule. While it’s too soon to begin building workflow changes specifically for CMS’ proposed G-code for post-discharge transitional care management, you can determine the amount of additional energy you would need to expend to realize the up to 7% payment increase for primary care practices (PBN 7/16/12).

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