Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

On July 29, CMS published the proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2020. In the proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed several changes that will affect ISASS members: With the budget neutrality adjustment to account for relative value changes, as required by law, the proposed 2020 PFS conversion factor is $36.09, a slight increase above the 2018 PFS conversion factor of $36.05. CMS proposed payments for new structural allograft codes used in orthopaedic trauma and oncology services (new CPT codes, 209X3, Osteoarticular Allograft, 209X4, Hemicortical Intercannulary Allograft, and 209X5, Interarticular Intercannulary Allograft Complex) CMS proposed updated payments for plain film X-ray codes for spine (CPT codes 72020-72220) CMS proposed updated payments for Patient Office […]