tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 14

Scope Out These Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule High Points

Health IT permeates suggested policy changes heading into 2019. Across the board, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposals keep the agency’s “Patients Over Paperwork” pledge on the federal healthcare delivery plate. Every aspect of the proposed rule promotes CMS’s heightened focus on utilizing health IT to enhance care and cut costs while decreasing clinicians’ workloads. Here are a few of the highlights from the 1,000-page-plus CY 2019 MPFS proposed rule: Conversion factor: Lower than last year’s 10-cent bump, the conversion factor proposal is nothing to write home about at a 6-cent increase for...

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