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4 MIN READ

Documenting time for each task during outpatient visits

This regulatory myth examines if physicians and other qualified health professionals are required to document the time spent on each specific task associated with an outpatient visit.

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Sustainability
Debunking Regulatory Myths
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Ancillary staff: Who can document components of E/M services?

Ancillary staff and/or patient documentation is the process of non-physicians and non-advanced practice providers (APPs) documenting clinical services.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Debunking Regulatory Myths
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3 MIN READ

Medicine’s language—CPT—opens for developers to test innovations

Digital health startups got nearly $30 billion last year, but too often turn out products that burden doctors. AMA effort aims to help change that.

CPT®
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9 MIN READ

What doctors wish patients knew about long COVID

Even mild SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to long COVID. And with the transmissibility of the Omicron variant, patients may be concerned about the condition.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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4 MIN READ

Clarity on 2021 E/M overhaul helps cut documentation burdens

E/M office-visit documentation and coding reforms took effect in 2021. Making sure everyone understands the changes is ongoing.

CPT®
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3 MIN READ

COVID-19 CPT coding and guidance

Download PDFs of new CPT code additions, revisions, fact sheets and guides for reporting medical services in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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CPT®
AMA COVID-19 Guides
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4 MIN READ

Long a headache, health IT shows capacity to empower amid COVID-19

Learn with the AMA how the pandemic has given rise to a new understanding of how health IT can further medical research and patient care.

Digital
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80 MIN READ

Clinical Case Study: Telehealth for Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

This session is focused on telehealth for allergy, asthma and immunology care and is in collaboration with the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Digital
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4 MIN READ

AMA announces CPT update for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Provisional CPT codes assigned to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 years of age.

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