CMS Overhauls Office Visit Pay In Proposed 2019 Physician Fee Rule

CMS is proposing to overhaul how Medicare pays for office visits and how doctors document those visits in what Administrator Seema Verma said would be “one of the most significant reductions in provider burden ever taken by any administration.” The change--which is included in the proposed 2019 Physician Fee Schedule released Thursday (July 12)--would simplify coding and create a single payment amount for “evaluation and management” visits, or E/M visits, and some specialists could see payment reductions as a result...