Colorado Medical Society

Introduced by: Thomas J. Allen, MD

Subject: Reimbursement for Bundled Services

Referred to: Reference Committee on Health Affairs

WHEREAS, the costs of surgical supplies and lower complexity types of care have continued to increase in small offices, and

WHEREAS, these services are often bundled into procedure codes with the indication that the reimbursement for the procedure covers these costs, and

WHEREAS, the reimbursement for procedures performed in the physician's office continues to decrease, therefore be it

FISCAL IMPACT: None

RESOLVED, that the Colorado Medical Society seek to reduce, reverse, and eliminate changes in the CPT/RBRVS coding system and its application that have bundled previously reimbursable services, such as the provision of supplies, injections, venipunctures, and surgical trays, which have become disproportionately expensive to primary care practices providing lower complexity types of care.