CY 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule with Comment Period. The CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule with comment period was placed on display at the Federal Register on October 30, 2015.
Medical coder salary. Average medical coderâs salary in the United States is around $45,693 per annum. The annual salary for the upper 10 percent medical coders is around more than $53,430 per year, while the lower 10 percent of them earn less than $21,240 per year.
In a 2013 survey from the American Medical Billing Association (AMBA), unemployment percentages for billers/coders were nearly half of what they were last year, with an unemployment rate for certified coders of only 1.7%. In the AMBA survey, the average salary was $47,000. Those in small-to-medium group practices earn about $42,000, while those in large groups earn over $46,000. Some medical billers/coders in health systems and hospitals can earn over $48,000. [10,11] It should be noted that these salary levels are for certified coders.