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CMS Proposes Sweeping E/M Changes for 2019

Published on Tue Sep 11, 2018

Hint: Proposal causes one pulmonary practice in our sample to lose $93,000 in one year. Pulmonology practices have been able to rest easy during the past few years’ worth of fee schedule changes, but this year may have thrown a wrench into that bliss. CMS is proposing major changes to how E/M codes are documented, billed, and paid, which could [...]
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