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Medical billing statement
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AMA: Insurers misused CPT codes to hide administrative costs

The codes ensure uniform language for medical services and procedures, physicians tell a federal court in a brief, and other uses erode patient trust.

Judicial Advocacy
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Oct. 4, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on Highlights of CMS' 2020 physician fee schedule and QPP proposed rule

The AMA has submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2020 physician fee schedule and quality payment program (QPP) proposed rule. Find out about this and other highlights.

Advocacy Update
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New process takes AMA Guides into the future

AMA Guides Editorial Panel process will help ensure collaboration among stakeholders and the best possible information for making impairment evaluations.

Press Releases
Surgical instruments
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Medicare pay should recognize value of surgeons' office visits

The AMA will take a deeper dive into one aspect of the proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Aug. 8, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on Medicare pay should recognize value of surgeons' office visits

The AMA is hard at work developing educational materials to describe the revised CPT office visit codes and documentation guidelines.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 4, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Doctor office drug compounding oversight, OPPS and ASC proposed rule and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Aug. 9, 2018: National Advocacy Update

PFS and QPP proposed rule and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Help create CPT® Proprietary Laboratory Analyses codes

Learn how members of the PLA Technical Advisory Group (PLA-TAG) play a crucial role in the PLA code creation process.

CPT® Editorial Panel
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Video: How payment codes help improve hospital readmission rates

Updating code sets so physicians can be paid for new models of care could be a “game-changer” in improving hospital readmission rates, according to one physician at the forefront of these changes.David Ellington, MD, a family physician from Virginia and a member of the CPT® Editorial Panel, explains the process behind code development and how the panel is facilitating innovations in medicine.

CPT® Editorial Panel