On July 21, 2014, I posted the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and described the intent by CMS to eliminate global surgery. On November 13, 2014, CMS issued the final 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and CMS incorporated the changes regarding global surgery. Global Surgery There are three primary categories of global surgery packages that … Continue Reading
In the recently proposed 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, CMS devoted significant resources to discussing potentially misvalued services, which I believe is code for places where CMS would like to reduce reimbursement. One of the areas is global surgery fees. CMS has concerns with the 10 and 90 day global surgery fees because these global packages … Continue Reading
