The recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to revalue evaluation and management codes and its negative financial impact on cardiothoracic surgery

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 163; no. 3; pp. 1108 - 1113
• Main Authors: Lahey, Stephen J., Nichols, Francis C., Painter, Julie R., Levett, James M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Budgets; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - economics; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - legislation & jurisprudence; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. - economics; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. - legislation & jurisprudence; evaluation and management; Fee Schedules - economics; Fee Schedules - legislation & jurisprudence; Health Care Reform - economics; Health Expenditures; Hospital Charges; Hospital Costs; Humans; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - economics; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - legislation & jurisprudence; International Classification of Diseases - economics; Medicare - economics; Medicare - legislation & jurisprudence; physician payment; Policy Making; Postoperative Care - economics; Postoperative Care - legislation & jurisprudence; Relative Value Scales; relative value units; Surgeons - economics; Surgeons - legislation & jurisprudence; United States; United States; evaluation and management; relative value units; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; physician payment
• ISSN: 0022-5223; 1097-685X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.02.105