title: Non-assigned Medicare payment increases practice revenue & lowers Medicare costs.
abstract: Private practice physicians can increase practice revenue and also save Medicare money. What seems like a paradox is instead a choice. The non-assigned Medicare payment option allows physicians to bill 8% more for their services. This also decreases Medicare payment 5%. Selecting the non-assigned payment method does not require permission from Medicare or any Medicare contractor. This is a physician decision and for 2014 must be made between mid-November and year end 2013.
authors.affiliation: pprice@discovervision.com
authors.forename: Patrick K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D005245:Fee Schedules / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015442:Medicare Assignment / Q000191:economics*; D016345:Medicare Part B / Q000191:economics*; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics*; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States