This study looked at reimbursement from Medicare for 10 commonly used EGD and colonoscopy codes as well as several inpatient and outpatient services over a 15-year interval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall unadjusted reimbursement for the 10 GI procedures exhibited an average decrease of 7% over 15 years, which was a 33% decrease after adjustment for inflation. The highest decrease in inflation-adjusted reimbursement was a 38% reduction in reimbursement for colonoscopy and biopsy. From 2007 to 2014, the mean decrease in reimbursement was 6.7%, but it was 28.2% from 2015 to 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unadjusted reimbursement for inpatient and outpatient visits increased an average of 32.1%, but overall reimbursement was much better for outpatient visits than inpatient visits. After adjustment for inflation, patient visit reimbursement showed a mean adjusted decrease of 4.9%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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