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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its proposed 2021 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS), which proposes Medicare payment rates beginning January 1, 2021. The fee schedule often serves as the basis for which many private payors set their reimbursement rates as well.
Prior to the release of the PFS, ACEP was successful in advocating for increases for the ED E/M codes, providing data and a solid policy argument directly to CMS and the White House. CMS is now proposing to adopt these specific code values for the ED E/M codes, which increases emergency medicine reimbursement by approximately 3% for CY 2021.
Unfortunately, because of the existing budget neutrality requirement under the Medicare PFS, any increases in the value of one code means a corresponding decrease in the value of all other codes. Because of budget neutrality rules, the increase would be eliminated.
Urge your member of Congress to waive the budget neutrality requirement for calendar years 2021 and 2022 by signing on to a bipartisan “Dear Colleague” letter led by Rep. Bobby Rush.
Click here to send a message to your member of Congress today!
AB 890 would allow a nurse practitioner to practice medicine without supervision or oversight by a physician. IEPC is deeply concerned about the impact of this proposed change on patient safety in and around emergency departments.
Find your senator here to speak out against AB 890 today or join the phone and tweet campaign of ACEP.
The next issue of the IEPC membership newsletter will be published in September. The purpose of this newsletter is to connect the IEPC membership with information, opportunities, resources, and each other.
We are very pleased to dedicate one section of this newsletter to recognize the professional accomplishments of our members but we need your help! Have you received awards or promotions, landed a great new job, or published an article or research in the last year? We would like to know about it and celebrate your accomplishments in our newsletter!
Deadline: August 19, 2020
Please submit your news online here for inclusion in the next edition.
Thank you,
Julie Hewett, CMP CAE
IEPC Independent Emergency Physicians Consortium
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