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2018 Payments:

CMS Delays Decision on Whether to Adjust E/M Pay for EDs

Published on Tue Dec 05, 2017

Plus: Payments have been set for the new codes that debut Jan. 1. When CMS published its 1,250-page Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on Nov. 2, the agency announced the myriad new reimbursement values that it will apply to CPT® codes in 2018. Most notably, CMS has indicated it expects the RUC to review the ED E/M codes in [...]
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