The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially released the 2023 DMEPOS Medicare fee schedule and it has increased by 8.7%, this is larger than any annual Medicare increase in the last several decades.
The annual increase to the Medicare O&P fee schedule is based on the annual change to the Consumer Pricing Index for all urban areas (CPI-U) from June to June of the previous year adjusted by an annual productivity adjustment (MFPA) or Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The CPI-U from June 2021 to June 2022 was 9.1%. The MFPA or TFP for the 2023 DMEPOS Medicare fee schedule was 0.4%. So, when the 9.1% increase in the CPI-U is reduced by the 0.4% increase in the MFPA or TFP the results are a total net increase of 8.7% in the DMEPOS fee schedule for 2023.
Questions regarding the 2023 Medicare DMEPOS Fee Schedule may be directed to Joe McTernan at jmcternan@AOPAnet.org or Devon Bernard at dbernard@AOPAnet.org.