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Have You Heard the Good News? ED E/M RVUs Could Be on the Rise

Published on Mon Oct 21, 2019

Higher pay for 99281-99285 may be on the horizon. Emergency departments (EDs) around the country are waiting with bated breath for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to release the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule. That’s because it potentially contains some good news about small but significant increases in payments for ED E/M codes 99281-99285 (Emergency [...]
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