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Meaningful Use: Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs

Get more information and download resources on the incentives Medicare and Medicaid provide for medical practices to adopt new records, billing and practice management procedures.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Improved access to Medicare preventive services

Understand how Medicare beneficiary access to preventive services improved dramatically when deductibles for preventive services were eliminated.

Medicare & Medicaid
4 MIN READ

2018 Medicare payment cuts for clinical testing

New payment rates went into effect on Jan. 1, 2018 for rapid point-of-care testing performed in a physician’s office.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare in-office ancillary services exception

Explore AMA's research on use and spending for Medicare services that qualify for the in-office ancillary services exemption to Stark self-referral laws.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

View the AMA's strong support for the legislation that would allow seniors to see the physician of their choice.

Medicare & Medicaid
4 MIN READ

Prepare for the new Medicare card

New Medicare cards will significantly impact physician practices’ workflows–prepare now for a seamless transition.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Jan. 17, 2020: National Advocacy Update

CDC opioid prescribing guidelines, MIPS eligible clinicians and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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July 13, 2017: National Advocacy Update

AMA urges modifications in opioid prescriber education blueprint; New update provides better Quality Payment Program reporting; Many physicians, still fuzzy on details, feel unprepared for QPP

Advocacy Update
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Myth or fact? Ancillary staff can't document parts of E/M services

Medicare does not require doctors to redocument information in a patient’s record that has already been documented by staff or by patients themselves.

Sustainability