Part B News 2026 Predictions Survey

1.The 2026 Part B conversion factor is set to increase by up to 3.8%. How do you plan to respond? (Check all that apply.)

We will add staff hours

We will hire administrative and front-office staff

We will hire more qualified health care professionals (QHP)

We will hire more physicians

We will increase collections efforts

We will purchase new equipment/software

We will increase training and education for staff

We will not make any changes

Other (please specify)

2.Which new or revised E/M and E/M-adjacent services do you plan to report in 2026? (Check all that apply.)

Remote physiologic monitoring codes including new codes for shorter time periods (99445, 99470)

Revised add-on visit complexity code G2211 with home/residence services (99341-99345, 99347-99350) in addition to office/outpatient encounters

Revised code G0136, which will be revised to assess nutrition and physical activity instead of social determinants of health risks

Other (for example, new psychiatric/behavioral add-on codes for advanced primary care or remote therapeutic monitoring services)

3.Which new procedures do you plan to perform and report in 2026? (Check all that apply)

Limb-lengthening implant device codes (27458, 27113)

Revascularization procedures codes (37254-37299)

Other (please specify)

4.Medicare claims figures show that practices reported add-on visit complexity code G2211 more than 26 million times in the code’s first active year in 2024. What percentage of E/M office visits did you report G2211 with in CY 2025?

6.A provider’s 2026 conversion factors will be based on whether the provider participated in a qualifying alternative payment model (APM) in 2024. Which conversion factor will your providers receive next year?

The conversion factor for providers who participated in a qualifying APM in 2024

The conversion factor for providers who did not participate in a qualifying APM in 2024

Other (please specify)

7.In 2026, CMS will implement an “efficiency adjustment” that reduces the work relative value units (wRVU) for all physician fee schedule services except: E/M encounters, time-based services, telehealth services and services that are new in 2026. How do you think this will impact your practice? (Check all that apply.)

We will no longer base provider salaries on work RVUs

We will move to a work RVU-based salary model for our providers

We will see lower revenue from Medicare

We will see lower revenue from commercial payers

It will not impact our revenue from Medicare

It will impact our revenue from commercial payers

Other (please specify)

8.What percentage of Medicare Part B services do your providers perform in the facility setting (hospital, ambulatory surgical center, nursing facility, etc)?

9.In 2026, Medicare will expand its temporary virtual direct supervision exception and make it a permanent rule. Supervising physicians and QHPs will be able to meet the "immediately available" requirement through a real-time, two-way audio and video connection for procedures that don’t have global surgery indicators of 010 or 090. How will your practice respond?

My practice currently uses virtual direct supervision under the existing waiver and will implement the new, permanent rule

My practice will implement virtual direct supervision for incident-to services for the first time

We need more information from CMS before we decide

We need to have internal discussions about compliance risks and practicality before we decide

Other (please specify)

10.The telehealth waivers that expired Oct. 1, 2025, have been reinstated until Jan. 30, 2026. How will your practice respond?

We will allow telehealth services for all Medicare patients.

We will only allow telehealth services if a patient requests it.

Each provider will decide whether they offer telehealth services.

We will allow telehealth services for infection control (provider or patient has symptoms and can’t reschedule).

We will not make any changes. Our patients qualify for telehealth services under “normal” telehealth rules.

We will not make any changes. Our practice does not allow telehealth services.

We need more information from CMS before we decide.

We need to have internal discussion before we decide.

Other (please specify)

13.What other predictions do you have for physician practices or the health care industry in 2026? Or what would you like to see happen in 2026?

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