In 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services developed a new add-on billing code to pay physicians for care coordination and other services necessary to provide comprehensive, longitudinal care to complex patients. Before the code could be implemented in 2021, Congress put the code on pause until January 2024 as a way to cut costs during the pandemic.

In the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS has included full implementation of the G2211 code, but with appropriations battles looming over the coming months, the code could be in jeopardy. AAFP says family physicians need to contact their congressional representatives and senators through the Speak Out advocacy tool and tell Congress to support high-quality primary care.

AAFP hosts a page of active Speak Out campaigns here: www.aafp.org/advocacy/fight/speak-out.mem.html. The top campaign is now titled “Congress Must Value Primary Care.” That is the one calling for full implementation of the G2211 billing code. In only a few moments, you can make your voice heard on this critical issue.