CMS Proposes Medicare Physician Fee Schedule & Quality Payment Program Rule for CY 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule updating Medicare policies and providing payments for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) in CY 2020.Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposals Payment Changes to Office/Outpatient Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services Reducing coding complexity by consolidating CPT coding from 5 levels to 4 levels for office/outpatient E/M visits for new patients Improving payment for office/outpatient E/M visits, and establish a new add-on code for prolonged service time. Consolidating the Medicare-specific add-on code in primary care and non-procedural care into a single code for ongoing care …