CMS Corrects Physician Fee Schedule Rule, Reduces Conversion Factor to $28.3895
On December 10, 2009, CMS published a notice correcting technical and typographical errors in the Medicare CY 2010 physician fee schedule final rule with comment period, published November 25, 2009. Among other things, CMS is correcting the CY 2010 conversion factor because of a technical error in adjusting relative value units to reflect the agency’s policy related to the consultation codes. The change results in the conversion factor being reduced from $28.4061 to $28.3895 (although as reported in a separate posting, legislation is awaiting the President's signature that would freeze the conversion factor at 2009 levels for January and February 2010).
