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Increase in Conversion Factor Will Boost Your 2018 Bottom Line

But RVUs, CCM, and E/M guideline changes still on hold. Have you noticed a small rise in your revenues this year? If you have, it's because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) increased the conversion factor by 11 cents in the 2018 Fee Schedule. But, as we briefly reported last month, guidelines for reporting evaluation and management (E/M) [...]
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