The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Monday issued its proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2021 and surgeons wasted no time dissecting it. The proposed rule, which would take effect on January 1, 2021, would reduce payments to nearly all surgical specialties, including up to 9% for cardiac surgery, 8% for thoracic surgery, 7% for vascular surgery, 7% for neurosurgery, and 6% for ophthalmology David B. Hoyt, MD, executive director of the American College of Surgeons, called the 1,353-page proposed rule “a big disappointment for patients and surgeons.”
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