New Fee Schedule Ups Payments for E&M, Other Services

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services adopted a new fee schedule that increases overall maximum payments for evaluation and management services by 18%. The new fee schedule also increases overall payments for major surgery by 14% and ups payments for chiropractic manipulation by 10%. The department said it adjusted other maximum payment amounts higher or lower, but overall reimbursement is not projected to change. Other rule changes specify that an agreement to pay an out-of-state hospital less than the fee schedule rate, as opposed to the billed rate, must be in writing a...