There is not much to this blog post. I just read this article and after I vomited in my mouth a little I decided to show you what you are missing out on by doing DPC.
Review 2022 CPT and Medicare Changes
The article “Key CPT and Medicare Changes for Family Medicine in 2022,” for example, recaps the latest developments in CPT coding, Medicare payment policy and Medicare’s Quality Payment Program. For starters, the article clarifies elements of major changes to new and established patient E/M codes (99202-99215) that CPT implemented in 2021, including:
– specifying which activities, such as travel and general (i.e., nonpatient-specific) teaching, should not be counted when time is used to determine the level of service;
– clarifying that a test the patient and physician discuss but do not select after shared decision-making may be counted as long as the joint consideration is documented;
– clarifying that multiple results of the same tests performed during an E/M service constitute one single “unique” test; and
– clarifying that “discussion” between physicians/other qualified health care professionals and patients requires a direct, interactive exchange.
Does any of the above help with patient care? No. This is all for the data collectors and it only wastes your time.
For those doing DPC be glad. For those who are stuck in the system…..get out.