U.S. Capitol building dome
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3 Min Read

Bill puts 2-year freeze on Medicare services set for 2021 pay cuts

The AMA and nearly 70 other organizations back House legislation to avert the cuts while allowing planned E/M pay raises to take place as scheduled.

Medicare & Medicaid
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3 Min Read

Nov. 13, 2020: Advocacy spotlight on Tell Congress now is not the time to cut Medicare payments

Tell Congress now is not the time to cut Medicare payments in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 6, 2020: National Advocacy Update

FBI warns of "imminent cybercrime threat" to U.S. hospitals and health care providers and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
U.S. Capitol building at night
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2 Min Read

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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3 Min Read

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
A doctor speaking to an African-American mother and her child, all of them wearing masks.
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3 Min Read

How to deliver preventive services at no cost to your patients

New AMA resources break down the preventive services available without patient cost-sharing, and how to properly code for them.

CPT®
Health care worker and patient.
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4 Min Read

Preventive care: As pandemic stretches on, “no more time to wait”

Learn how to get patients reengaged with the screenings, checkups, immunizations and counseling they need—safely and at zero cost to the patient.

Infectious Diseases
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3 Min Read

Oct. 9, 2020: Advocacy spotlight on Avoiding cuts to 2021 physician payment top priority in letter to CMS

Avoiding cuts to 2021 physician payment top priority in letter to CMS in the latest Advocacy Update Spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 9, 2020: National Advocacy Update

Register for AMA webinar next week: CDC update on COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update