tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 16

Medicare Fee Schedule 2014: Good News For EDs: More Cash Could Be Headed Your Way

The proposed rule makes for the highest increase of any specialty. With the 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, CMS estimates that emergency medicine will see a positive cumulative impact on total allowed charges of three percent. Background: There are several factors involved with this calculation, says Mike Granovsky, MD,FACEP, CPC, President of Logix Health in Bedford, MA. Foremost is the assumption that the scheduled formula-driven SGR cuts of 24.4 percent will be delayed again, as in every year since 2003. Look for E/M Practice Expense RVUs Decrease Next year’s relative value unit changes are...

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