Several Spine Surgery Procedure RVUs Reviewed With Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2023 Proposed Rule As part of the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, CMS reviewed new codes for arthrodesis decompression when performed with fusion, fusion with minimal decompression to prepare the interspace, and lumbar laminotomy codes. The table below shows the CMS proposed...
2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule Released On July 15, 2022, the CMS released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Proposed Rule, which includes proposals to update payment rates, policies, and regulations affecting Medicare services furnished in hospital outpatient and...
2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Released On July 7, 2023, the CMS released the proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule. Under the proposal, on January 1, 2023, physicians will see a decrease to the conversion factor from $34.6062 to $33.0775. As noted by the American Medical Association, “This rule represents the continuation of...
New Category III CPT Codes for Intra-articular Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion In July 2022, the American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel released a new category III code for the minimally invasive insertion of a device into the intra-articular sacroiliac joint space. ISASS sponsored and developed the code change proposal through the...