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The conversion factor cuts that CMS floated earlier in the year are now confirmed – and heightened. Part B providers will have to prepare for a net 3.4% payment decrease across services in 2024, according to the final 2024 Medicare physician fee schedule released today.
 
Also, you will find new services moving to active status, such as caregiver training and principal illness navigation, a one-year telehealth parity patch, key value-based care updates and the launch of the much anticipated add-on complexity code G2211.
 
 
On the heels of the omnibus spending bill that President Biden signed into law Dec. 29, CMS has posted a revised conversion factor of $33.8872, replacing the $33.0607 amount originally released with the final 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule.
 
In what looks to be the last iteration of Congress’ year-end appropriations bill for 2023, the daunting 4.5% conversion factor cut to Medicare providers’ reimbursement has been slightly eased with a 2.5% increase to 2023 rates and a 1.25% increase to 2024 rates – trimming but not totally erasing the drop to about 2% for CY 2023.  
 
Start your look-ahead to CY 2023: Payment cuts are coming, significant changes to E/M services are finalized and key reporting revisions are hitting telehealth and audio-only services, according to the final 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule released today.
 
Proposed payment cuts that drew vocal criticism from physician advocacy groups will move forward as planned, as CMS announced a 4.5% reduction to the CY 2023 Medicare Part B conversion factor (CF), effective Jan. 1.
 
Payment cuts are in the offing for Part B providers in 2023, along with a series of other projected changes targeting E/M services, COVID-related billing flexibilities and value-based care, according to the proposed 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule released today.
 
After legislative reprieve buoyed fees in 2022, CMS again is taking a hack at its primary rate-setting mechanism. The proposed 2023 conversion factor is $33.08, down $1.53, or 4.4%, from the current-year conversion factor of $34.61, according to the 2,066-page proposed rule.

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