Our AMA will: (1) reaffirm Policy H-400.960 which advocates that annually updated and rigorously validated Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) relative values could provide a basis for non-Medicare physician payment schedules, and that the AMA help to ensure that any potential non-Medicare use of an RBRVS reflects the most current and accurate data and implementation methods;.(2) reaffirm Policy H-400.969 which supports the use of the AMA/Specialty Society process as the principal method of refining and maintaining the Medicare relative value scale;(3) continue to identify the extent to which third party payers and other public programs modify, adopt, and implement Medicare RBRVS payment policies;(4) strongly oppose and protests the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Medicare multiple surgery reduction policy which reduces payment for additional surgical procedures after the first procedure by more than 50%; and (5) encourage third party payers and other public programs to utilize the most current CPT codes updated by the first quarter of the calendar year, modifiers, and relative values to ensure an accurate implementation of the RBRVS.

Policy Timeline

CMS Rep. 12, A-99 Reaffirmation I-03 Reaffirmation I-07 Modified: BOT Rep. 22, A-17