Archive of entries posted on December 2020

2021 Medicare Prices For Psychological Services

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“NPA” = “National Payment Amount.” This will vary based on your geographic region. “RVU” = “Relative Value Unit.” This value is the total of the Work, Practice Expense (PE), and Malpractice components that make up every procedure that Medicare pays for. RVUs used to be objectively determined, but the process to determine these has become …

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Update 2021 Medicare Prices For Psychological Services

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Much anticipated Medicare pricing for psychological services has now become available. Given the unprecedented and potentially catastrophic 10.2% reduction in the Conversion Factor, psychologists and other health professionals who rely on key procedure codes to provide services might have been waiting for the numbers, probably with dread. Here’s what 2021 looks like. Method: Data were …

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