tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 3

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Watch for Possible April Pay Cut

But an act of Congress can save the day. So far this year, you should be experiencing little change in Medicare pay, thanks to a stipulation in the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) that halts sustainable growth rate (SGR) cuts until April 1, 2015. But the ticking SGR time bomb, along with aggregate RVU changes that bode well or ill for service providers depending on their specialty, could mean that your general surgery practice’s financial outlook is not that stable after all. Read on to see what Medicare pay changes you might expect this year...

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