tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 15

Reimbursement: 2014 Fee Schedule Proposals Look Bleak

Good news: CMS proposes innovative approach for patients with chronic conditions. As always, the proposed 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will leave healthcare providers, barring a few specialties, playing a waiting game for their pay. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made across-the-board payment cuts via the conversion factor in addition to cuts that will impact labs and pathologists specifically. On the bright side, however, CMS has suggested an innovative new approach to handling patients with chronic issues by proposing primary care bonuses for following patients with two or more chronic conditions that could take effect...

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