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Bookmark or Share- Preventive services coding guides - American Medical AssociationThe AMA offers the following coding guidance to improve the billing process for all. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) modifier 33 can be used when billing for ACA-designated preventive services with a commercial payer. The addition of modifier 33 communicates to a commercial payer that a given service was provided as an ACA preventive service.
- Behavioral health coding guide - American Medical AssociationThe Behavioral health coding resource (PDF) provides physician practices and their care teams with a list of key Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes that can be used (as deemed medically appropriate) when administering behavioral health screening, treatment and/or preventative services.
- Oct. 18, 2024: National Advocacy Update - American Medical AssociationStay current on the latest on the issues impacting physicians, patients and the health care environment with the AMA’s Advocacy Update newsletter. As of Oct. 16, 221 bipartisan members of Congress (155 Democrats, 86 Republicans) have cosponsored this House bill to reform prior authorization requirements within Medicare Advantage.
- The No Surprises Act is in effect. What physicians need to ...The No Surprises Act was signed into law Dec. 27, 2020, as part of the $1.4 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act, after years of negotiations. While several iterations of the legislation were written, the AMA stood fast in advocating that the bill adhere to seven principles that called for insurer accountability and transparency while ...
- Biden’s coronavirus relief bill: What physicians should knowBiden’s coronavirus relief bill: What physicians should know. The $1.9 trillion, 628-page coronavirus relief bill includes billions of dollars for the ongoing efforts to treat, prevent and contain the COVID-19 pandemic, along with many other provisions that will help shape U.S. health care for years to come.
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