Becker's Healthcare December 15, 2023
Claire Wallace

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule contains thousands of pages of rules for physicians to sift through, with only a portion obtaining to every specialty.

Rita Astani, president of anesthesia for Coronis Health, broke down some of the key rules chronic pain medicine leaders need to know in a Dec. 11 blog post from Anesthesia LLC.

Evaluation and management: Beginning Jan. 1, an add-on code will be made available for outpatient and office visits as an additional payment when clinicians are “the continuing focal point for all needed services or are part of ongoing care related to a patient’s single, serious condition or a complex condition,” Ms. Astani wrote.

It remains unclear whether chronic pain physicians can bill...

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