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CMS Revises 2010 Conversion Factor With New Communique
Published on Tue Feb 17, 2009
The AGA urges your comments on proposed payment fix. If you thought the 2010 conversion factor of $28.4061 for gastrointestinal procedures was bad, the latest news is even worse. The $28.4061 factor was printed by CMS in error, and the actual new conversion factor, effective Jan. 1 unless Congress intervenes, is lower than that. CMS has posted a corrected 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on its Web site. "The conversion factor for CY 2010 is $28.3895 instead of $28.4061 as previously indicated in the final rule," indicates a notification from Part B MAC NHIC. "A correction notice will be published in the Federal Register." In addition, the revised fee schedule includes corrections to the RVUs for codes 99221-99223 (Initial hospital care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient ...) and 99304-99306 (Initial nursing facility care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient ...). Of [...]
