CMS proposes double-digit pay cuts for 6 office-based heart procedures

Office-based labs and physician practices will see big cuts next year in dialysis vascular access services reimbursement if CMS’ 2022 proposed physician fee schedule is finalized.

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Law firm Benesch Healthcare outlined the proposed pay changes, issued by CMS on July 13, in legal analysis publication JDSupra.

CMS proposed cuts for the following procedures:

1. Thrombectomy with stent: $5,033 (22.04 percent decline)
2. Angiogram with stent: $4,017 (22.03 percent decline)
3. Angiogram with angioplasty: $1,119 (17.71 percent decline)
4. Thrombectomy with angioplasty: $2,109 (17.39 percent decline)
5. Thrombectomy: $1,672 (16.31 percent decline)
6. Angiogram of access: $660 (12.81 percent decline)

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