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A week after a Part B News story predicted it, President Donald Trump has nominated former pharma executive Alex Azar to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Big changes to anesthesia codes for gastrointestinal endoscopy services are raising coder questions --  and Part B News has answers! 

The final rule for year two of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) makes a few departures from the proposed rule -- the most surprising of which is the early return of the cost category for the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS).
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.

Medicare Advantage is gaining ground among patients and practices are well-advised to investigate those contracts, as we reported on October 16, . Donald Rebhun, M.D., co-chair of the Quality and Performance Committee for the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) and board member with the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), contributed to that story, and has these further thoughts

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