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Dec. 4, 2020: Advocacy spotlight on 2021 Medicare Final Rule: E/M improvements, budget neutrality cuts to payments

2021 Medicare Final Rule: E/M improvements, budget neutrality cuts to payments in the latest Advocacy spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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2021 Medicare pay schedule eases physicians’ documentation burdens

But the final CMS rule also includes painful cuts for many medical specialties that will hurt all Medicare patients, including those seeking COVID-19 care.

Medicare & Medicaid
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AMA welcomes burden relief finalized in Medicare payment rule

AMA urges Congress to prevent or postpone shocking Medicare offsets.

Press Releases
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Bipartisan House majority backs move to avert possible E/M cuts

Many specialists are facing Medicare pay cuts as high as 11% starting in 2021 unless Congress acts to prevent application of budget-neutrality rules.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Oct. 23, 2020: National Advocacy Update

House members urge action to avert potential E/M cuts and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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5 changes CMS should make to 2021 Medicare payment schedule

Learn with the AMA about the provisions that pose a real threat to many physicians’ ability to deliver health care services to their patients.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Aug. 31, 2020

In the news: Children may carry coronavirus in noses, throats for weeks, major changes made to 2021 CPT code and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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AMA releases 2021 CPT code set

New updates to medicine’s common language reflect burden relief, COVID-19 testing and tech-enabled medical services.

Press Releases
Health care worker and patient
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Proposed 2021 Medicare pay schedule: 9 things doctors should know

The AMA wants to stop potential 11% cut to Medicare conversion factor. Find out what else is in the mammoth proposal from CMS.

Medicare & Medicaid