January is the ideal time to do a payer policy review. Many payers make changes and updates effective at the start of the year. Below are steps to navigating changes in payer policies: Designate a payer policy reviewer Keep charts…
Medicare 2022 Conversion Factor Update
Thanks to lobbying efforts from the House of Medicine, Congress took action this month. The Protecting Medicare & American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act avoided a 4% statutory cut from the PAYGO provisions, extended the moratorium on the 2% Medicare payment sequester, and mitigated the 3.75% Medicare physician payment cut.
The link below highlights the impact for AAOA members.