CMS Payment Policies:
Look For Proposed Global Period Overhaul
Published on Tue Aug 12, 2014
You could charge separate E/M, in many cases. A big surprise hit the presses in the July 11 proposed rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). CMS proposes severely cutting global periods for surgical procedures — a move that could impact pay for many procedures that your general surgeon performs. Although the proposal is not firm and would not [...]