ACR website physician fee schedule versus CMS physican fee schedule search

[mariaf051008@yahoo.com]

I printed off physician fee schedule off of ACR website. It is a bit different than physician fee schedule search via CMS. Which one would you use? Doesn't seem to be but a couple of cents off.

 

[mhstrauss]

I printed off physician fee schedule off of ACR website. It is a bit different than physician fee schedule search via CMS. Which one would you use? Doesn't seem to be but a couple of cents off.

Are you trying to find a fee schedule to base your internal fees on? Or just looking for comparison purposes?

 

[krlowe0822]

cms schedule

I always use the CMS or WPS J8 sites to find the current CMS physician fee schedules. I'm using the schedule to collect deductibles, coinsurance and payments for non-covered services (such as xrays ordered by a chiropractor).

 

[mhstrauss]

I just found the one on ACR...I wouldn't use it for anything, because the GPCI isn't calculated into their figures. I believe they put this together strictly for a general year to year comparison.