History of Medicare Conversion Factor 2011

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Always find this information fascinating. 

 

 http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/380/cf-history.pdf

 

Initially, the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule included distinct conversion factors for various categories of services.

In 1998, a single conversion factor was offset by elimination of the work adjustor and increases in the practice expense and PLI RVUs.

The reduction in the 2009 conversion factor was offset by elimination of the work adjustor from the third Five-Year Review.

 

The reduction in the 2011 conversion factor was offset by increases to the practice expense and PLI RVUs resulting from the rescaling of those RVU pools to match the revised MEI weights.

 

Locke, MD

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Medicare_Conversion_Factor_History.pdf