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

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar;163(3):1108-1113. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.02.105. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Authors

Stephen J Lahey¹, Francis C Nichols², Julie R Painter³, James M Levett⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Conn.
² Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Medical Reimbursement Analysis and Solutions, Inc, Thornton, Colo.
⁴ Physicians' Clinic of Iowa, St Luke's UnityPoint Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

PMID: 33992463
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.02.105

No abstract available

Keywords: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; evaluation and management; physician payment; relative value units.

Publication types

Editorial
Review

MeSH terms

Budgets
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / economics*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / legislation & jurisprudence
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / economics*
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / legislation & jurisprudence
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
Policy Making
Postoperative Care / economics*
Postoperative Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Relative Value Scales
Surgeons / economics*
Surgeons / legislation & jurisprudence
United States