Code Changes, Not the 2.31% Cut, Move wRVUs
The final 2027 fee schedule’s 2.31% conversion factor cut mostly hits employers’ revenue, not employed physicians’ pay formulas. What changes 2027 productivity pay is code-level: the end of global maternity billing, G2211’s move to a percentage modifier, a lower arthroplasty valuation and the narrower modifier 25 cut all change how many wRVUs the same work earns. Conversion rates, RVU-year locks, productivity floors and bonus thresholds need resetting before Jan. 1.