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Medicare Finalizes 2025 Fee Schedule Cut

Healthcare Administrative Partners

Absent any last-minute Congressional action, physicians will suffer a 2.83% fee schedule reduction for 2025. This is slightly more of a cut than had been predicted in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule that was issued in July.

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What Else is in the Medicare Proposed Rule for 2025?

Healthcare Administrative Partners

We covered the major points of the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule when it came out in July, but while we’re waiting for the Final Rule to be published later in the year let’s look at another provision in the MPFS that we’ve been watching – the locality-specific payment adjustment known as the Geographic Practice Cost Index (..)

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CMS' MPFS 2025 final rule includes colorectal cancer screening

AuntMinnie

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which includes coverage of colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography (CTC) for the first time. In the end, this translates to a finalized 2025 MPFS conversion factor of $32.35, a decrease of 2.8%

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A Victory for Radiology: New CMS Proposal Would Provide Coverage of CT Colonography in 2025

Diagnostic Imaging

In newly issued proposals addressing changes to coverage for Medicare services in 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intent to provide coverage of computed tomography colonography (CTC) for Medicare beneficiaries in 2025.

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What’s New in MRI Technology — 2025 Edition

Cassling's MRI

2025 will continue to see a number of improvements to the MRI patient experience, the workflows of imaging teams and the systems that are crucial to ensuring the image is of the highest quality necessary to aid in a successful diagnosis.

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Medicare proposed rule again cuts radiology reimbursement in 2025

AuntMinnie

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposal for payments in 2025 under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and it contains an across-the-board 2.8% The Conversion Factor (CF) in the 2025 Proposed Rule is $32.3562, compared with the $33.2875 currently in use. cut from the current 2024 payment rate.

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Yves Menu Review Fellowships 2025

European Radiology

The European Society of Radiology announces the European Radiology Yves Menu Review Fellowships in 2025. Tasks The fellowship will consist of an introductory meeting held at ECR 2025, followed by an online training session where the tasks and assignment will be explained. The selected fellows will receive free ECR 2025 registration.