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Medicare Announces Conversion Rate, E/M Guideline Proposals

Published on Tue Aug 21, 2018

CMS suggestions include potential ‘leveling’ of E/M payments. As it does every summer, CMS recently released its proposal for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) conversion rate for 2019. What was less expected is some of the measures Medicare aims to implement regarding evaluation and management (E/M) service coding. Nuts and bolts: If CMS formally adopts the proposed MPFS changes, [...]
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