Becker's Healthcare December 27, 2022
Here are five of the most well-read ASC stories reported by Becker’s in 2022:
CMS finalizes 4.5% physician pay cut
Medicare’s physician fee schedule final rule, released Nov. 1, will reduce the physician pay conversion factor by 4.48 percent to $33.06. The conversion factor used to calculate physician reimbursement will decline by $1.55 in 2023. With the 4 percent statutory Pay-As-You-Go sequester, which was implemented to offset congressional spending outside of healthcare, physicians are looking at an 8.5 percent pay cut.
Stark Law changes: Physician compensation arrangements to keep an eye on
Hospitals and health systems need to update their physician compensation plans after CMS’ recent changes to the Stark Law, according to an article in JDSupra from the...