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AMA: New 2023 CPT code set includes burden-reducing revisions

Updates to medicine’s foundational data-sharing terminology also reflect AI taxonomy and tech-inspired additions.

Press Releases
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5 MIN READ

Proposed 2023 physician pay schedule deepens Medicare’s instability

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services can help push systemic physician payment reforms. Learn more with the AMA.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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What physicians need to know about E/M code changes coming Jan. 1

Changes to simplify coding and documentation for outpatient evaluation-and-management services will carry over to other care settings in 2023. Be ready.

CPT®
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New Paxlovid study data, monkeypox cases, U.S. life expectancy and more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. Learn more about the latest with COVID-19 and monkeypox.

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Public Health
AMA Update Podcast
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11 MIN READ

New Paxlovid study data, monkeypox cases, U.S. life expectancy and more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. Learn more about the latest with COVID-19 and monkeypox.

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Public Health
AMA Update
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4 MIN READ

Why stopping scope creep is about protecting patients

Rebekah Bernard, MD, describes how scope-of-practice expansions threaten patient safety. Learn how the AMA fights to stop scope creep.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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2 MIN READ

Patient access at risk unless Congress reforms Medicare payment system

Medicare reform top plank in AMA’s Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians.

Press Releases
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Sept. 2, 2022: National Advocacy Update

International Overdose Awareness Day underscores urgent need for change and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Embracing team-based care to ease burden of a physician shortage

In light of projected physician shortages, the physician-led team-based care approach will go from being optimal to absolutely essential. Learn more.

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