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First impressions can be deceiving. The descriptor for modifier FT is a prime example.
 
Good news for providers still reeling from the nearly 4% conversion factor cut in the recent Physician Fee Schedule\: a bill passed in the Senate on Dec. 9 is expected to avert 5% in further cuts.
 
 
The official count is in. While the plight of physician practices during the COVID pandmic is well-known, new data from CMS provides a full accounting of the grisly financial landscape.
 
 
If you’ve been following the split (or shared) and critical care saga you know that Medicare announced in the final 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule that it would require new modifiers with the services.
 
 
CMS is following through on a previous Biden executive order and will publish on Nov. 5 an interim final rule requiring all health care staff in facilities paid with federal funds -- that is, “approximately 76,000 providers" and "over 17 million health care workers across the country” -- to be vaccinated against COVID by Dec. 5, 2021.

 

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