Re: Medicare Program; CY 2021 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and
Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies (the “Proposed Rule”)
Dear Administrator Verma:
The professional organizations below, representing an estimated 1.4 million physicians and non‐
physician practitioners throughout the country, strenuously object to the extraordinary budget
neutrality (BN) reduction proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the 2021
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule (the “proposed CF reduction”). While we support
the CPT coding revisions and revaluations of office and outpatient evaluation and management (E/M)
services recommended by the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC), we strongly oppose
the proposed BN reduction proffered by CMS for these and other PFS changes proposed for 2021.
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