tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 44

Physicians: Get Ready For Some Big Changes In 2005

If doctors are in shortage areas, they could receive a nice boost.The conversion factor for 2005 is 37.8975, up from 2004's amount of 37.3374. But that's still lower than the 2001 level of 38.2581, meaning that doctors' payments have lost ground overall in the past few years. The biggest winners in 2005 are vascular surgeons (+4 percent), interventional radiologists (+3 percent) and pathologists (+2 percent). The biggest losers are ophthalmologists (-1 percent) and allergists/immunologists (-1 percent).  In the final physician fee schedule rule, CMS also:   added a 5 percent payment for physicians...

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