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BACKGROUND:

Medicare reimbursement rates have decreased across various specialties but have not yet been studied in colorectal surgery.

OBJECTIVE:

This study aimed to analyze Medicare reimbursement trends in colorectal surgery.

DESIGN:

Observational study.

SETTING:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Physician Fee Schedule was evaluated for reimbursement data for the 20 most common colorectal surgery procedures from 2006 to 2020.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:

Inflation-adjusted annual percentage change, compound annual growth rate, and total percentage change were the outcome measures. A subanalysis was performed comparing the changes in reimbursement between 2006 to 2016 and 2016 to 2020 because of legislative changes that went into effect in 2016.

RESULTS:

During the study period, the inflation-unadjusted mean Medicare reimbursement rate for the 20 most …