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What your patients need to know about the Medicare Rx data release

With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) release of Medicare Part D prescription drug data, your patients may have questions about your Rx practices.

Medicare & Medicaid
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AMA statement on Medicare Part D data release

The AMA is committed to transparency and the availability of reliable information for patients to make informed decisions about their medical care.

Press Releases
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AMA guide to media reporting on CMS' Medicare Part D data

The AMA is committed to transparency and supports the release of data that can help improve quality of care.

Press Releases
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10 top issues that impacted physicians in 2014

A number of regulatory, public health and practice issues took center stage for the medical profession this year. See the 10 topics that made some of the biggest waves among the physician community in 2014—and learn how they played out.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Physicians need cost, outcomes data, not Medicare claims data

It’s been about a month since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its raw physician Medicare claims data, drawing a great deal of attention from the press and leaving physicians to provide context about the data to patients. 

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Where you need to go for Medicare claims data release assistance

As reporting about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recent release of physician Medicare claims data continues to cycle through the media, a new resource page from the AMA offers the essential information you need to know about the data release.

Medicare & Medicaid
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What you won't see in the raw Medicare claims data

The public is getting its first glimpse of physicians’ Medicare claims data following a widely publicized data release Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Medicare & Medicaid
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3 things you need to know about Medicare's claims data release

Physicians’ Medicare claims data—including billed charges and total payments—was released Wednesday to the public by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It’s already generating considerable attention.

Medicare & Medicaid
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9 ways CMS' claim data release could mislead patients, reporters

In advance of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) public release of physician Medicare data—which could happen as soon as Wednesday—the AMA is working to prevent misinterpretation of what could be confusing billing and payment information for reporters and patients.

Medicare & Medicaid