Healthcare DIVE November 4, 2019
Dive Brief:
CMS on Friday issued its 2020 final rules for the Physician Fee Schedule, including a streamlining of evaluation and management services (E/M) reporting that was rolled back from an earlier proposal in a change providers applauded.
The final rule, which is mostly unchanged from the proposed rule put forward in July, also cuts payments to physical therapists by 8% and psychologists and social workers by 7% starting in 2021. Specialty groups have decried the reduction.
Payments for office visits will receive a slight bump beginning in 2021. Doctors will also be paid more for treating patients with complex chronic health conditions. That new payment may be activated with a single add-on code,...
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