Welcome to Coffee with the Coder®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with […]
On November 2, 2017, CMS issued a final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2018. The calendar year (CY) 2018 PFS final rule is one of several final rules that reflect a broader Administration-wide […]
2015 Physician Fee Schedule PDF (1185 pages) CMS page for PFS Physician Fee Schedule Look-Up Tool Interim Study of Alternative Payment Localities under the PFS Review of Alternative GPCI Payment Locality Structures-Final Report Geographic Adjustment of Medicare Payments to Physicians: Evaluation of IOM Recommendations Psychological and Neuropsychological Tests Audiology Services PFS Federal Regulation Notices Medicare […]
This final rule implements Medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by certain physicians in calendar years (CYs) 2013 and 2014 at rates not less than the Medicare rates in effect in those CYs or, if greater, the payment rates that would be applicable in those CYs using the CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule […]