Docs Warn of Exodus if Proposed Fee Schedule Enacted

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefMedical providers warned that fee schedule changes proposed by the Arizona Industrial Commission could result in doctors leaving the state, despite the fact that on average, the proposed changes would increase payments for surgical procedures by 27.6% and medical procedures by 13.5%.The commission in March announced it would update Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) surgery codes 10021-24999 and general medicine codes 90281-96999 as part of its plan to update each CPT in the Physicians’ and Pharmaceutical fee schedule once every four years.The Industri...