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Be Positive With CMS’ Final Rule Despite CF Decrease

Published on Wed Dec 15, 2021

Vaccination, CCM pricing increase should offset, experts feel. First, here is the bad news from the final rule: “Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, CMS will decrease the conversion factor (CF) from $34.89 to $33.59. This looks like the biggest negative in the final rule,” notes Kent Moore, senior strategist for physician payment at the American Academy of Family Physicians. Even so, [...]
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