CMS Posts Article Regarding Physician Fee Schedule

Editor’s Note: We received this in an email this morning – a 20% reduction in Medicare reimbursement is not going to fly with many in the medical community:

“I did a little searching today and found that CMS posted an article for public inspection in the Federal Register on November 27, 2013 regarding the Physician Fee Schedule.  Looks like it’s the Final Rule with a Comment Period. “

 “Bottom line:  the CY 2014 PFS CF is $27.2006.  This is a 20.1% decrease from 2013’s of $34.0230. I presume this will get lots of comments/press/backlash and ultimately, Congress will adjust it at the final hour, most likely after January 1, 2014 when it is set to be effective.”

Stop Pursuing Self-Pay Patients As Windfall Opportunity

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“Recently I was asked to intervene on behalf of a patient who, trapped by circumstance, was paying off an enormous bill for a lithotripsy procedure. What I uncovered wasn’t news, but it drove home how egregious the current system can be, why it so badly needs to be fixed, and how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) helps move us in the right direction.”

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