Shortly after releasing the 2021 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set, the American Medical Association (AMA) added two more codes related to COVID-19, including one that accounts for the...
The American Medical Association (AMA) implemented major changes to the 2021 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set in an effort to simplify coding and documentation of office visits and...
In last week’s release of the proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule, CMS confirmed that it will implement changes to evaluation and management (E/M) payments by updating work...
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently expanded its Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to include four new CPT codes for coronavirus testing, according to a special coding guidance...
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently updated Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) to enable proper COVID-19 coding and billing of antigen tests performed on patients suspected of being...
Physicians are still expending a significant amount of time and resources on prior authorizations as the burden of the process continues to increase, according to a recent survey conducted by the...
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was a meaningful step in helping the healthcare system manage the COVID-19 crisis, but more needs to be done in “phase...
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced that the CPT Editorial Panel approved a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for a novel coronavirus test.
“In the face of the...
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently issued a checklist for physician practices to use when adopting evaluation and management (E/M) coding and documentation changes slated to take effect...
Fourteen healthcare industry groups, including the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA), recently backed the campion to Senate legislation that would alter...
The majority of physicians now participate in an accountable care organization (ACO), the American Medical Association (AMA) recently reported.
Overall, 53.8 percent of physicians polled in September...
More than 90,000 clinicians are still waiting on the 2019 Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) bonus payment for their participation in 2017 and nine industry groups are demanding payment from...
CMS is receiving praise from major industry stakeholders after proposing to retract a recent final rule that will collapse evaluation and management (E/M) codes and pay providers a blended rate for...
The devil is in the details according to major provider and payer groups commenting on strategies to promote healthcare price transparency in a proposed rule from the Office of the National Coordinator...
In an effort to reduce healthcare disparities, the American Medical Association (AMA) recently vowed to support the creation of new alternative payment models that specifically address the outcomes of...
The number of employed physicians has increased by six percentage points since 2012, bringing the share of employed physicians up to 47.4 percent of all patient care doctors in 2018, according to an...
The American Medical Association (AMA) updated the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set in 2019 to include new codes for connected health services in an effort to encourage CMS to pay for the...
Healthcare industry heavy-hitters are partnering to form a new coalition that generally aims to “improve what’s working in health care and fix what’s not,” especially in...
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently invested another $27.2 million in Health2047 Inc., a health IT start-up in Silicon Valley that aims to tackle value-based care, physician productivity,...
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Anthem, Inc. recently announced that they will work together over the next year to streamline prior authorization requirements and improve the healthcare...
