CMS just announced a proposal to pay physicians a flat $93 for every office visit, no matter the length or complexity of the visit. The change would take place on January 1, 2019 No more E and M codes, no more “Levels of Service.” The only way to explain this change is that the CMS wants to drive patients to Medicare Advantage. No one with a chronic disease would want to receive their care where...
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The government just announced that starting on January 1, 2019, they propose doctors are going to be paid the same amount of money for each patient visit no matter what that visit was for or how long it took. Saw the doctor for a cold? He gets paid $93 For cancer? 93$ For 5 minutes? $93 For 50 minutes? $93 If you have traditional Medicare, be prepared to be moved through the system like a...
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Imagine a world where you won’t have to code a level of service for a visit. No 99203. No 99214s. No fumbling about looking for an additional data point on the ROS, or trying to justify “nature of the presenting complaint” just to get paid. No audits. No RBVs Just a single flat payment for a visit. Regardless of whether the patient was seen for a cold or cancer, for five minutes or fifty, you...
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