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CMS rescinds a proposal to blend E/M payments for now

2019 Physician Fee Schedule

Publish date:: November 16, 2018

Key point: CMS has delayed its proposed collapsing of evaluation and management (E/M) codes into single payments.

Major finding: The final 2019 Physician Fee Schedule was released Nov. 1. CMS will continue to hear perspective on the proposal with plans to collapse E/M code levels 2 through 4 into single payments beginning in 2021, while maintaining level 5.

Disclosures: None.

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2019 Physician Fee Schedule

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