In an alternative possible scenario, consider the following
Section 502(b) of the FCAOEA, 2024 delays the next data reporting period under the CLFS for CDLTs that are not ADLTs by 1 year, that is, it requires the next data reporting period for these tests to take place during the period of January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025
We believe that addressing the use of transfer of care modifiers, and the resources involved when practitioners who do not furnish the surgical procedure provide post-operative care, are essential steps in aligning payment with the way in which surgical procedures are currently furnished as evidenced in our data, and would make meaningful progress toward more accurate payment for these services in particular and improve relative valuation for PFS services overall

In light of the AMA's current data collection efforts and because the methodological and data source changes to the MEI finalized in the CY 2023 PFS final rule would have significant impacts on PFS payments, similar to our discussion of this topic in the CY 2024 PFS rulemaking cycle (88 FR 78829 through 78831), we continue to believe that delaying the implementation of the finalized 2017-based MEI cost share weights for the RVUs is consistent with our efforts to balance payment stability and predictability with incorporating new data through more routine updates
Instead, we believe that, since the two components of work are time and intensity, absent an obvious or explicitly stated rationale for why the relative intensity of a given procedure has increased, significant decreases in time should be reflected in decreases to work RVUs
Excluding this year entirely from the calculation of average per capita prior savings would unduly increase the weight on the other year included in the prepaid shared savings multiplier calculation