CMS cuts podcast

[eyeeye_captain]

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https://www.aao.org/education/audio/experts-insight

Scroll down, top of the list. Pretty good summary. Sounds like all specialists are getting crushed, but maybe a lot of ophtho can get some salvation depending on how they define a facility.

 

[dantt]

You cant encourage surgeries to move out of the facility to non facility locations if you dont have non facility reimbursement for those surgeries...

 

[PhospholipaseA2]

You cant encourage surgeries to move out of the facility to non facility locations if you dont have non facility reimbursement for those surgeries...

Can you expand on this a bit? Are you referring to insurers not always covering OBS?

 

[Ophthodoc2018]

Other fields like GI are basically getting pushed to do colonoscopies to OBS to preserve reimbursement. Will cataracts be the same way? Or are we facing the 11% cut regardless of where we do the surgery? I knew that the push to do procedures was incoming for specialties, I guess this is one way of forcing that to happen?

Long term, I think many practices will either force an upgrade or completely kick off insurance plans and go the concierge/cash-only route.