CMS Correction to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made corrections to the CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

In addition to changing some code-level values, the update has resulted in revisions to both the anesthesia and the RBRVS conversion factors. The RBRVS conversion factor will be $35.8043. The unadjusted anesthesia conversion factor will be $21.9935.

Please click here for a list of locale specific anesthesia conversion factors. ASA will post additional information as it becomes available.