tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 26

Physicians: Not All Good News For RVU-E/M Boost

Higher-level E/M codes are biggest winners Not all evaluation & management (E/M) codes will see a significant change in their work relative value units (RVUs) next year, if a new proposal goes through. E/M bonanza: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to increase work RVUs for E/M codes and decrease work RVUs for most other codes, in a June 29 Federal Register notice. But in fact, only higher-level E/M codes will see real increases. New office visit codes 99201-99203 will stay the same, and so will established visit codes 99211-99212. You'll only see a...

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