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March 12, 2021: Advocacy Update other news

5 physician specialties hit hardest in pandemic’s early days and more in the latest other news in Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 19, 2021: Advocacy Update other news

Reckoning with medicine’s history of racism and more in the latest other news in Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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CPT February Editorial Panel meeting & HCPAC Annual Meeting

The CPT February Editorial Panel meeting & HCPAC Annual Meeting, Feb. 4-6, will be virtual—download a PDF of the agenda.

Events
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AMA announces update to COVID-19 vaccine CPT codes

New contingent codes created for Janssen COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Press Releases
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AMA announces additional CPT codes for COVID-19 vaccines

The American Medical Association announces new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set unique to COVID-19 vaccine under development by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford.

Press Releases
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Final 2021 Medicare pay schedule: What physicians need to know

Changes to E/M will ease documentation burdens, but final rule also includes painful pay cuts that Congress must act to avert. Learn more with the AMA.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Changes to Medicare’s 2021 Physician Payment Fee Schedule

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the changes to the 2021 Medicare Physician Payment Fee Schedule and what it means for physicians.

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How CPT codes set stage for telehealth’s rise amid pandemic

Learn how the infrastructure that was in place to help manage workflow and facilitate payment aided booming use of telehealth in 2020.

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David W. Langham, JD

David W. Langham, JD

David W. Langham, JD, is an advisor to the AMA Guides Editorial Panel and the deputy chief judge of Florida Compensation Claims.

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