Lawmakers urge CMS to abandon proposed Medicare billing change

Modern Healthcare: Lawmakers want the CMS to abandon proposed changes to Medicare billing codes they fear will lead to doctors being underpaid.

"We are concerned that the proposal to consolidate these services devalues the expertise, clinical decision-making, and time of physicians who treat patients with complex conditions," a bipartisan group of 90 lawmakers wrote in a letter sent to the CMS on Friday.

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