SEP 25, 2014
Members of Congress Critical of CMS Proposed Changes to Global Periods in 2015 Fee Schedule
By Christi Foist
As a result of advocacy efforts by the Academy and other surgical specialties, 27 members of Congress signed on to a letter challenging proposed changes to global surgery periods under the Medicare program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed 2015 fee schedule would eliminate 10- and 90-day global surgical periods beginning in 2017.