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AMA, Anthem try new tack: Working together to improve health care

They are pursuing an alternative approach to address health care costs, cut administrative burdens and develop new delivery models for high-quality care.

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A win for doctors: Anthem rescinds pay cut for same-day services

Health insurer drops policy after face-to-face meetings with the AMA and other medical and national specialty societies.

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Dec. 28, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, proposed cut for services reported with modifier 2 and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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Oct. 5, 2017: Advocacy spotlight on Physicians protected from health plan credit card fees

Physicians protected from health plan credit card fees, according to CMS. Read about AMA's advocacy to clarify the HIPAA standard.

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Physicians protected from health plan credit card fees

Three-year advocacy effort pays off as CMS explicitly spells out what payers must do regarding virtual credit card and EFT payments to physicians.

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Elsevier and AMA to collaborate on outpatient coding eLearning courses

Elsevier and the AMA announced that they will co-develop eLearning course content for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®)

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Criteria for CPT® Category II codes

Review the criteria for CPT® Category II Codes.

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Medicare penalty relief follows quality reporting mix-up

The AMA brings to light a coding-update glitch that could have led to unfairly applied penalties.

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FAQ: CPT® PLA

Get answers to questions about the CPT® Proprietary Laboratory Analyses code set.

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