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. 2019 Feb 7;380(6):507-510.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1810848.

A Step toward Protecting Payments for Primary Care

Bruce E Landon  1
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A Step toward Protecting Payments for Primary Care

Bruce E Landon. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1.. Evaluation and Management Payments for Level 4 Evaluation/Management Visits over Time under Various Scenarios
Fee schedule increases includes overall increases in the fee schedule that were passed by Congress. Inflation adjusted is based on the Medicare Economic Index, a measure of practice cost inflation developed by CMS. Actual payments are the payments for a 99214 visit at a particular time. RVU Adjusted refers to adjustments to the relative value units that determine E&M payments that were periodically made over the study period. The conversion factor, annual RVU values, and actual payment data were obtained from Medicare Fee Schedule Search Tool (https://www.cms.gov/apps/physician-fee-schedule/search/search-criteria.aspx). The Medical Expenditure Index was obtained from https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/MedicareProgramRatesStats/MarketBasketData.html.
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