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CMS proposes 'flat fee' Medicare payment plan: 8 insights
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:16
- The "Patients Over Paperwork" plan combines four levels of paperwork required for reimbursement and four levels of payments into one form and one flat fee per appointment.
- There would still be separate filing systems for new and established patients under the plan.
- The plan is open for public comment until early September.
- The CMS plan offers a flat fee per office visit with a patient regardless of the physician's specialty.
- The plan may lead fewer medical students to opt for specialties that require complex patient management.
- Under the proposed system, physicians who need to spend more time with patients can file for an "add-on" payment of $67 per appointment.
- If the Medicare payment changes take effect, private insurers may follow suit to use common billing procedures.
- CMS plans to enact Medicare fee schedule changes Jan. 1, 2019
Source: Becker's Spine Review
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