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Principles for Medicare physician payment reform

The Medicare payment system is on an unsustainable path. The AMA and the Federation of Medicine have developed a set of principles to guide advocacy efforts on payment reform.

Medicare & Medicaid
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AMA's Medicare Basics series

The AMA's Medicare Basics series provides an in-depth look at important aspects of the Medicare physician payment system and the need to reform.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare Basics series: Transitioning to value-based care—Clinical data registries

CMS' clinical data registry approval process under the Merit-based Incentive Payment (MIPS) program is complex and cumbersome, creating obstacles for value-based care.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare Basics series: MIPS data problems

Value-based care relies on data. Physicians in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) need access to a wide range of information to understand gaps in care.

Payment & Delivery Models
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How AMA ensures clinical perspective in developing digital health

The AMA is connecting the developer community with CPT content to reduce physician burdens. Learn more about the AMA’s efforts in Silicon Valley.

CPT®
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Setting the record straight on proper use of modifier 25

Using modifier 25 facilitates appropriate reporting of multiple same-day, same-physician services. Learn more with the AMA.

CPT®
Value-based Care and the CPT Code Set
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Value-Based Care and the CPT® Code Set

In this webinar, explore how the CPT code set supports value-based care through cost and quality measures, digitally enabled care and emerging technologies.

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Events
CPT® Webinars
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Validated devices: The missing link in state Medicaid BP efforts

Learn how Medicaid can help patients get accurate devices to measure their BP at home and partner with doctors to address hypertension.

Prevention & Wellness
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Pearl of the Week: Ask, “What went well?”

Find resources to focus on how to harness what went well in an organization. 

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week