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Double-Digit Cuts May Strike Your Income Starting in January

Published on Tue Oct 09, 2012

Some specialties will be hit hard, unless Congress steps inEvery year around this time, there is talk about how next year's reimbursement will change -- and for the past several years there has been a looming double-digit pay cut on the horizon. This year is no different. The CMS proposed 2013 Fee Schedule also has some disappointing news for many specialties.On July 6, 2012, CMS released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2013. The 760-page document, which was published in the July 30 Federal Register, offers a look into how the agency configures its RVU assignments, and shows just which specialties will escape drastic cuts to their reimbursement.Proposal Would Pay for Hospital TransitionsIf a physician such as one in family practice, internal medicine, or in geriatrics spends a significant amount of time providing care for patients transitioning back to the community following a hospital or nursing facility discharge, you might [...]
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