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The proposed community health integration service has created a lot of interest (PBN 9/25/23, subscription required). If your practice wants more details about the proposed service, read the full descriptor for the primary code. CMS also provided a sample scenario to better illustrate the work involved in providing the service.
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.
 
You've heard by now of the momentous changes coming to your office-based E/M codes in 2021. And perhaps you caught wind of accompanying payment updates. But just how game-changing are the new payments?
 
Physicians may have a new tool at their disposal to find the lowest-priced drugs for patients should a proposed rule from CMS take effect as planned. The proposed rule, released Nov. 26, would require Part D plans to adopt a Real Time Benefit Tool that can alert providers to the current price of drugs available under a patient's coverage terms.
An anesthesia group noticed that it had stopped receiving payments from a major private payer. The practice couldn’t figure out what happened.

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