tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 45

PART B FEE SCHEDULE: Location, Practice Mix Will Define Fee Schedule's Effect on You

Alaska wins big, but Calif. practices see declines.If you take the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule at face value, it looks as though you're just about breaking even with this year's reimbursement rates. But you have to look beyond the basic numbers to find out specifically how these changes will affect your practice's bottom line."Overall, you'll see a little over 1 percent increase in the work RVUbetween 2008 and 2009, but when you look at the different components of what your physician does, you'll actually find a 1.27 percent increase for surgeries and a 2.92...

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