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Digital medicine’s rise brings coding questions. AMA has answers.

From audio-video visits to remote monitoring, an AMA handbook details which CPT codes to use. 

CPT®
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Making telehealth flexibilities permanent is the right call 

Lifesaving telehealth regulatory flexibilities are set to expire Sept. 30. Congress must act now to pass bipartisan legislation to expand telehealth.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Texas Children's Pediatrics
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Texas Children’s Pediatrics celebrates 30 years of growing care

Bright clinics, trusted teams, and community partnerships are helping Texas Children’s Pediatrics bring compassionate care closer to every family.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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AMA Advocacy issue briefs

Download PDFs of issue briefs that summarize key health policy issues by providing concise and digestible content for both relevant stakeholders and those who may know little about the topic.

Federal Advocacy
Rural landscape
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Solutions-focused thinking is needed to close rural health gaps

South Dakota’s Sanford Health is gathering a star-studded list of thought leaders to explore how to deliver better care in rural areas.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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How the CPT code set can help speed up value-based care adoption

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes help facilitate value-based care payment arrangements, and there are opportunities to do even more.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
Patient in a telehealth appointment
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House bill would make telehealth changes permanent

For patients in rural South Dakota, telehealth saves two-plus hours of travel on average. Companion Senate measure already has 63 co-sponsors.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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Delivery reform: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that advocate policies on emerging delivery systems that protect and foster the patient/physician relationship. Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics.

Medical Service
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With virtual program at Ochsner Health, 70% of patients skip the ED

Through the Louisiana-based health system’s virtual emergency department, dedicated visits and navigators reroute non‑emergent cases, cut wait times and enhance care.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight