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Unless blocked by pressure from the President-elect, Congress appears ready to pull the trigger on a continuing resolution (CR) that would boost physician pay under Medicare, currently facing a cut, to something close to the current status quo.
 
Here’s a prediction that might come true before the next issue of Part B News hits your inbox: Congress will extend the CMS telehealth waivers that are set to expire at midnight, Dec. 31.
 
 
Medicare fee cuts are coming. So are additional coding and billing opportunities, in behavioral health and beyond. With the new year looming, what is top of mind for your medical group?
 
 
You can expect to see six new remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) codes in the CPT Manual, along with revisions to 10 currently active RPM services and the RPM service guidelines -- but not until 2026.
 
 
The Part B fee cuts are coming. After CMS proposed an across-the-board 2.8% reduction to the Medicare Part B conversion factor in July, the agency today confirmed that the rate-setting reduction is on track to kick in on Jan. 1, 2025.
 
Within the 3,088 page final 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule that was released this afternoon, CMS also finalized a diverse range of new service, such as caregiver training and a host of mental health-adjacent codes, largely punted on telehealth reform, confirmed the requirement of surgical transfer of care modifiers, and tweaked its quality-reporting programs.
 

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