HealioOpinion

Q&A: Proposed physician fee schedule builds on efforts to sustain primary care

CMS recently issued its proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.The proposed schedule includes a 0.75% increase to the ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Medicare Fee Schedule Expands Access to Some Services but Cuts Physician Reimbursement 4.5%

The 2023 Physician Fee Schedule final rule was released and swiftly drew condemnations from physician leaders because of a 4.5% cut to reimbursement. CMS released the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) ...
Medscape

New Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Leaves Docs Fuming Over Pay Cuts

Medicare's recently-announced 2023 physician payment rule likely trims doctors' pay even as it aims to expand patients' access to behavioral health services, chronic pain management, and hearing ...
JD Supra

CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What Payors and Insurers Need to Know

On October 31, CMS finalized the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule (CMS-1832-F), effective January 1, 2026. While primarily directed at Medicare providers, the rule’s changes have ...
Healthcare Finance News

Health systems, organizations urge CMS to delay finalizing remote monitoring actions

Coalition is asking CMS to hold off on remote physiologic monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring policies in the ...
Hosted on MSN

Medicare Finalizes Physician Fee Schedule for 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday finalized its annual physician fee schedule for 2026, giving doctors treating Medicare patients a 3.77% pay bump if participating in ...
techtarget

Providers Face Cuts in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

CMS has proposed a decrease to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule conversion factor, which would lead to significant cuts to physician reimbursement next year. The federal agency released the ...
Health Affairs

Why Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Changes Have Not Adequately Addressed Primary Care Physician Pay

Evidence suggests that primary care physicians spend more time than other clinicians on activities that the fee schedule does not reimburse at all. A hybrid approach that incorporates population-based ...
STATOpinion

Research shows that the code may not live up to its hype

This is what it’s always meant to be a primary care doctor. And as of two years ago, Medicare enrollees can find it as a line ...
Yahoo Finance

2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rates Set for Scalp Cooling CPT Codes

SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooler Heads, a health tech company dedicated to making scalp cooling more accessible and affordable for people undergoing chemotherapy, celebrates a major ...