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AMA releases the CPT 2024 code set

Consumer-friendly Spanish language descriptors of medical procedures and services added to code set.

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Sept. 8, 2023: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

Physicians have until Oct. 9 to contest 2022 MIPS scores and payment adjustments and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Sept. 8, 2023: State Advocacy Update

Advocacy Insights webinar: Emerging state models of physician licensure flexibility for telehealth and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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CMA and AMA urge against non-physicians’ use of “doctor” title

CMA and the AMA filed a joint amicus brief in a case challenging California’s law prohibiting the use of the term “doctor" by anyone but licensed physicians.

Press Releases
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How scope of practice expansion efforts were defeated in New York

With help from the AMA, New York physicians employed a winning message on the physician-led team on radio, social media and more. Learn how.

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CPT Editorial Panel Meeting Interested Party

An Interested Party (IP) is an individual or entity that may be impacted by the CPT Editorial Panel’s decision related to a Code Change Application (CCA) pending before the Panel.

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Scope of practice: Education matters

Compare the education and training of physicians and nonphysicians to see why physicians are the most qualified to lead health care teams.

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Practice innovation strategies: Patient-centered care

This collection of AMA STEPS Forward® Practice Innovation Strategies offers proven approaches on how to improve communications with patients and enhance transitions of care.

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House bill advances “gold card” model on prior authorization

Physicians with a 90% prior authorization approval rate in Medicare Advantage would be spared the care-delaying rigmarole. Learn more with the AMA.

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