Health Affairs

Are Changes To The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Driving Value In US Health Care?

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is a big deal. The fee schedule determines what services are covered for what price. When setting the fee schedule, policymakers seek to balance a number of goals ...
Yahoo

New Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Expands Telehealth Services

Physicians who treat people on Medicare just got a major update: They will be getting a 2.5 percent pay increase thanks to the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. It officially takes effect January ...
Opinion
Becker's ASCOpinion

The inadequacy of the physician fee schedule: 10 notes

Despite policy efforts to increase reimbursement, spending per Medicare beneficiary on primary care physicians fell from $438 in 2017 to $420 in 2023, according to a March report published in Health ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Medicare Fee Schedule Expands Access to Some Services but Cuts Physician Reimbursement 4.5%

The 2023 Physician Fee Schedule final rule was released and swiftly drew condemnations from physician leaders because of a 4.5% cut to reimbursement. CMS released the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) ...
Fierce Healthcare

Physician groups decry finalized Medicare payment cuts for 2024 as expenses rise

The Biden administration Thursday finalized policy changes for Medicare reimbursements in 2024 that will cut payments to physicians by 1.25% compared to 2023. The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ...
Health Affairs

Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 3: Adding A Lookback To Budget Neutrality

This is part three of a three-part article on policy issues in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The topics covered include: the role a technical expert panel could play in modernizing the fee ...
Medscape

New Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Leaves Docs Fuming Over Pay Cuts

Medicare's recently-announced 2023 physician payment rule likely trims doctors' pay even as it aims to expand patients' access to behavioral health services, chronic pain management, and hearing ...
Healio

RPA: Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cut should be mostly neutral for nephrology

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CMS has proposed reducing its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule conversion factor by 2.8% from $33.29 to $32.36 ...
Forbes

Medicare’s 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Is Out: More Cuts? Yup

On Thursday, July 13, Medicare released its Proposed Rule delineating changes in a variety of Medicare programs including, but not limited to, quality programs, MIPS, rural work, telehealth, etc. The ...