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Joint Coalition Letter to Congress Urging Legislation to Hold Some Codes Harmless from Budget Neutrality For One Year and to Allow E/M increases, GPC1X to Move Forward
Synopsis
Joint E/M coalition letter to congressional health committees and congressional leadership urging that any possible legislation allows E/M increases to go forward, allows G code add-on GPC1X to go forward, limits the hold harmless provisions for budget neutrality to one year, and treats all specialties equitably.
Author
Bob Doherty
Keywords
COVID-19; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; CMS; Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; MPFS; fee schedule; evaluation and management services; E/M; Medicare; payment; office visits; outpatient; comprehensive; care management; primary care; cognitive; procedural; codes; primary care physicians; relative values; relative value units; RVU; Relative Value Scale Update Committee; RUC; GPC1X; complex; G codes; add on code; vaccines, immunizations, end stage renal disease (ESRD), transitional care management services, budget neutrality; BN; chronic illness; Frank Pallone; Energy and Commerce; Greg Walden; Richard Neal; Ways and Means; Kevin Brady; Charles Grassley; Finance Committee; Ron Wyden; Nancy Pelosi; Kevin McCarthy; Mitch McConnell; Charles Schumer; 116th Congress; rule; H.R. 8505; a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality (BN) adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule; H.R. 8702; Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020; hold harmless; CY 2021
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2020