Yep...here it is...read below
better get the whips out on the pathologists....have to sign out 2x as many CPT as before to get same reimbursement before cut...oh...wait..cost to make slide wont change...so wont matter how much you sign out...death spiral...hmmmm...better be diversified and can make a value-added claim to beg for more ohms from the feds...
wait...you mentioned the good news...what was that going to be? you have changed careers?
CMS Cuts 88305 TC by 52%, Molecular Codes Go On CLFS
November 1—Advancing its commitment to contain health care delivery costs, CMS announced a series of physician pay cuts impacting pathologists in the final 2013 Physician Fee Schedule released today. Most notably, the agency lowered the technical component (TC) of the surgical pathology code 88305 by 52%, although it raised the professional component by 2%, beginning Jan. 1. This change alters the global payment for this code, which will decrease by 33% as a result of this revaluation. The agency also announced that the newly developed molecular pathology CPT codes would be placed on the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS). A new CMS HCPCS II G-code was created for situations requiring physician interpretation and reporting of these tests for Medicare beneficiariess.