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Physician Fee Schedule Alert Explained

Last update
February 27, 2024

Once created, a Physician Fee Schedule Alert provides critical fee schedule information about the Procedure Code and/or NDC Numbers being tracked.  

For help creating a new Fee Schedule Alert, see the Help Article: Add Physician Fee Schedule Alerts.

A. Code

B. Change Date

C. Previous Fee

D. Current Fee

E. Difference

F. Percent Change

A. Code

HCPCS / CPT / California Specific Codes / Medical-Legal Codes that describe services rendered. Codes that are no longer in the fee schedule will appear in red.

B. Change Date

Date of service the change in reimbursement became effective for Code.  Dates of service on or after this date are subject to the reimbursement amount reflected under Current Fee.

C. Previous Fee

Previous fee schedule reimbursement for Code. The Previous Fee was the fee reimbursement prior to the Change Date.

D. Current Fee

Current fee schedule reimbursement for Code.  The Current Fee is the fee reimbursement on and after the Change Date.

E. Difference

The dollar amount difference between the Previous Fee and Current Fee.

F. Percent Change

The percent difference between the Previous Fee and the Current Fee.

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