Implementation of rate increases for evaluation and management services and other changes bring big updates to many Current Procedural Terminology codes.
Closed Case? ACR Fights CMS Proposed Changes for E/M Reimbursement
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed coding and documentation changes to consolidate evaluation and management (E/M) services last fall, the ACR was among many specialist societies actively involved in advocating against the proposed ruling. The changes to E/M coding were part of a larger initiative to reduce the documentation burden on…