Codes are Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. ASC indicates ambulatory surgery center; CT, computed tomography; ED, emergency department. Figure 2. Mean Markup Over Traditional Medicare for Laboratory Services and Durable Medical Equipment, for Medicare Advantage and Commercial Patients View Large...
Physician payment Effective January 1, 2024–December 31, 202415 Physicians use CPT® codes to represent procedures and services performed in all places of service. Under Medicare's methodology for physician payment, each CPT® code is assigned a value, known as relative value units (RVUs)...
Ultimately this leads to a marked decline in our ability to provide a much needed, highly beneficial, and widely accepted therapy. Further complicating matters are the increasing number of cases we've seen in which third‐party insurers provide pre‐authorization of treatment based on the T codes...