Medscape June 9, 2020
An advocate for boosting pay for primary care is waiting to see how much ground he and his allies will hold in a political battle for Medicare money ― and the accompanying professional respect.
Internist John Goodson, MD, of Harvard Medical School, says he counts Medicare’s planned revamping of payments for office visits as a major victory. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last year advanced a plan to increase reimbursement for office visits, which are billed as evaluation and management services (E/M).
Slated to take effect in 2021, this plan is meant to address what Goodson and other critics, including the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), have described as a long-standing skew in Medicare payment that favors...
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