The 2027 Reckoning — What Physicians Need to Know & Why You Can't Wait Until January
RSS Feed The elephant in the room is here — and waiting until January is not a strategy. 🐘
In this episode of the Practice Perfect Podcast, hosts Jennifer McNamara (Healthcare Inspired) and Maya Turner (Turner Expert Solutions) break down the CMS 2027 Proposed Rule and what it means for physicians, ASCs, and multi-specialty practices — right now, not next year.
🔑 What we cover:
• The projected ~45% Medicare revenue decrease when the conversion factor cut and expiring temporary increase stack together
• Why CMS is treating every non-E&M service as a "secondary procedure" — and what that does to bundled reimbursement
• How to run your 12-month revenue baseline and identify your high-dollar procedure exposure
• The 60-day comment period: how to make your voice count with CMS
• Where AI helps (and where it absolutely does NOT replace certified coders and compliance experts)
• The OBGYN global package overhaul — new prenatal risk coding and Medicaid trimester considerations
• Payer contract renewals and December-to-January care overlap
🎬 Plus — Lights, Camera, Healthcare! We're breaking down The Devil Wears Prada 2 and the leadership lessons hiding in plain sight.
✅ Action items: Pull your Medicare baseline. Audit your OBGYN workflows. Submit comments during the CMS window. And whatever you do — protect your coding, compliance, and education budgets.
🎤 Coming up: Maya Turner presents on Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) at the AMBA Association conference.
👥 About your hosts:
Jennifer McNamara — Founder of Healthcare Inspired, specializing in revenue cycle optimization, compliance, and provider education.
Maya Turner — Founder of Turner Expert Solutions, coding, billing, and IDR subject-matter expert.
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