Final 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: reaction on billing, same-day visits and new codes

Practice administrators now have final 2027 Medicare payment numbers and new billing rules to plan around. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) cut the conversion factor to $32.95 or $32.63 and changed same-day payment, modifiers and accountable care organization (ACO) cost-sharing, effective Jan. 1. Here is how nine organizations responded, with an eye on what each provision means for practice operations and revenue.