DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 8 (August)

Revalued E/M RVUs for procedures could dock pay, push post-op care to primary care

Surgeons could see both payment and post-op patient volume drop under CMS’ proposed reconstruction of relative value units (RVUs) for the E/M portion of surgical procedures with a global period. But despite possible revenue loss, surgeons pack in more billable patient visits and procedures with slashed post-op E/Ms.

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