{"id":2779,"date":"2013-07-15T06:24:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T06:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:15:22","slug":"internists-handle-new-regulations-and-coding-changes-in-2013-with-efficient-medical-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/internists-handle-new-regulations-and-coding-changes-in-2013-with-efficient-medical-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"Internists Handle New Regulations and Coding Changes in 2013 with Efficient Medical Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to CMS, internal medicine physicians will be enjoying an increase in reimbursement rates this year. However, along with this 2013 has brought in a series of regulatory changes for internists to deal with, which most internal medicine physicians are finding difficult to handle.<\/p>\n

To be fair, all the changes are not financially negative in nature, the postponement of Medicare cuts by Congress being a point in case. But what is leaving internal medicine<\/a> practitioners perplexed is the sheer range of regulations, the exceptions, and finally the uncertainty about when a change will come into effect and another will stop being in effect.<\/p>\n

For example, Congress deferred implementation of Medicare payment cuts to 31st Dec. 2013, but they left Medicare vulnerable to two percent cut across the board. This explains how a single regulatory change has two contradicting aspects: relief from payment cuts until 2013 Dec. but a possibility of a two percent Medicare cut across boards \u2013 all at once.<\/p>\n

Among other things, these contradictions are leaving internal medicine practitioners confused preventing them from acquiring a clear view of the regulatory changes brought in 2013 and affecting their reimbursement outcomes.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the points below will highlight some key changes in regulations as well as indicate their wide-ranging impact on billing and coding and revenues:<\/p>\n