The final 2021 Medicare fee schedule has been released in the federal register. It is important to note that both anesthesia and the general surgical conversion rate taken a significant hit in 2021.
Your 2021 projections should reflect the Medicare decrease of approximately 10%.
2021 National Conversion Rate
Year | | Anesthesia CV Rate | Surgical CV Rate | CT/NY Anesthesia CV Rate | MA Metro Boston Anesthesia CV Rate | Rest of MA Anesthesia CV Rate | | |
2020 | | $22.20 | $36.09 | $23.22 | $23.51 | $22.75 | | |
2021 | | $20.06 | $32.41 | $20.91 | $21.25 | $20.45 | | |
Difference | | $2.14 | $3.68 | $2.31 | $2.26 | $2.30 | | |