AMA issues principles for guiding AI development and use

Amid the rapid growth of what it calls “augmented intelligence” (AI) in health care, the American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a set of principles to channel the technology’s development…

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Simplify E/M documentation and coding in your private practice

Often called the “language of medicine,” the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set is always evolving, and one reason for that evolution is to lower the administrative burden for physicians and their…

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Physicians unite to back cornerstone of Medicare pay overhaul

Months of high-level discussions regarding reforming Medicare physician payment has culminated in physician lawmakers introducing bipartisan legislation advancing the first leg of the AMA’s three-part strategy for fixing the broken…

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How the CPT code set can be used to help advance health equity

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes provide a uniform nomenclature for coding medical procedures and services that are critical to the communication between multiple stakeholders about the care patients receive. They…

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AMA Releases 2023 CPT Code Set, Aims to Reduce E/M Coding Burden

The American Medical Association (AMA) has released the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set for 2023, which contains updates that aim to reduce medical coding burden for evaluation and management…

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AMA issues CPT code for orthopedic technology

The American Medical Association has issued a category III current procedural terminology code for Figur8's sensor fusion system combining inertial measurement system and surface mechanomyography. The device was designed to…

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Why physicians are key to successfully navigating payor audits

Just when you think your practice is running without a hitch, it happens. You receive notice of an audit from one or more of your payors, demanding detailed records on…

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3rd dose of Pfizer kids’ COVID-19 vaccine gets CPT code

The AMA has announced an editorial update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set that includes a new vaccine administration code for a third dose of the pediatric COVID-19…

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Not grandma’s CPT: Code set evolves amid pandemic, pay challenges

Mark Synovec, MD, chairs the CPT Editorial Panel, which is responsible for maintaining what is sometimes called “the language of medicine,” the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set. The Editorial Panel, he…

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AMA releases 2022 CPT code set

Innovative work to meet the urgent public health need for streamlined reporting and tracking of COVID-19 vaccinations is presented in today’s release of the 2022 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code…

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New COVID-19 work-safety rule targets health care facilities

The AMA raised serious concerns about the lack of notice and short comment time frame for a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation regarding measures that health care…

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