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The slight increase in the conversion factor means little or no change in reimbursement for most of your E/M codes and other high volume services – with two exceptions.
Brace for a big shake-up to E/M coding. CMS announced its intention to pursue “comprehensive reform of E/M documentation guidelines” in the 2018 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule released July 13.
CMS beat its deadline for issuing a revised value file for the 2016 physician fee schedule, but we've unearthed one surprise in the new file.
Practices have a new revenue opportunity in 2016 for providing advance care planning (ACP) services, as finalized in the final 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule released Oct. 30.

U.S. CapitolDebate on repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will begin with consideration of H.R. 2 -- Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act of 2011 (pdf) -- this afternoon. Following its probable passage this week, the House will consider another resolution that instructs committees “to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law” (pdf).

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