MPFS:
Brace Yourself: You May See Conversion Factor Cut by 10.6% Next year
Published on Tue Oct 27, 2020
Hint: Telehealth may expand into 2021. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. Unfortunately, CMS has proposed to cut the conversion factor (CF) by 10.61 percent. Other newsworthy items of note include COVID-19-inspired policies related to telehealth and virtual care options and the highly anticipated [...]