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CMS’s 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule | Webinar

2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
Recorded December 15, 2021

The Final Rule was released on time this year, November 2. As is often the case, there is something for everyone to object to in the rule.

First, the conversion factor decreases $1.30 to $33.59. But, CMS also clarifies its position on split/shared visits involving a physician and non-physician practitioner for 2022 and 2023. For critical care, CMS is adopting the CPT book’s language for critical care services. In a relief to surgical practices, they are allowing critical care services in the post-op period that are unrelated to the surgery. This is the current rule. CMS is developing new modifiers for split/shared and for post-op services. There is a clarification (not a policy change) to the the Teaching Physician rules about using time to select E/M services. The webinar will discuss CMS’s updates to telehealth policy for 2022 and 2023, something everyone is interested in hearing about.

After the webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Describe CMS’s policy changes for shared services
  • Identify the modifiers for shared services and critical care
  • Define CMS’s telehealth policies for mental health services
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Our mission is to provide accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date coding information, allowing medical practices to increase revenue, decrease coding denials and reduce compliance risk. That's what coding knowledge can do.

In 1988, CodingIntel.com founder Betsy Nicoletti started a Medical Services Organization for a rural hospital, supporting physician practice. She has been a self-employed consultant since 1998. She estimates that in the last 20 years her audience members number over 28,400 at in person events and webinars. She has had 2,500 meetings with clinical providers and reviewed over 43,000 medical notes. She knows what questions need answers and developed this resource to answer those questions. For more about Betsy visit www.betsynicoletti.com.