tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 14

Part B Payment: Proposed 2011 Fee Schedule Offers Vast Benefits for Primary Care Practices

CMS incorporates PPACA regs into next year's fee schedule -- but proposes deeper cuts to conversion factor. The President signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law on March 23, but many practices haven't yet noticed significant impacts from the legislation. In 2011, however, you could see huge boosts from it, because CMS has proposed incorporating many of the law's features into next year's Physician Fee Schedule. On June 25, CMS released its proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2011. The 1,250-page document, which will be published in the July 13 Federal Register, offers several advantages...

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