What is residency? - American Medical Association
May 20, 2024 · Residency serves as a crucial phase in a physician's training, following the completion of medical school. It is a supervised clinical training period and an intensive, full …
4 Modifier 93 (in effect as of Jan. 1, 2023) may be used for reporting audio-only services when appended with Modifier 93. Procedures on this list involve electronic communication using …
Medical Assistants | American Medical Association
Nov 26, 2024 · Medical assistants (MA) are a vital part of many medical practices. Under the direction and supervision of a qualified physician, MAs perform a variety of administrative and …
Preventive services coding guides - American Medical Association
May 23, 2024 · When physicians order certain evidence-based preventive services for patients, insurance companies may cover the cost of the service, with the patient having no cost …
CPT® Evaluation and Management (E/M) revisions FAQs
Q. The physician sees an established patient, who has uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), with hyper- and hypoglycemic episodes. Depending on where this falls under the …
Payor Contracting 101 Practicing physicians encounter a wide variety of options when negotiating the terms and conditions of payment for services.
What doctors wish patients knew about uterine fibroids
Jun 7, 2024 · Uterine fibroids often lurk undetected, affecting millions of women. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, MAS, an ob-gyn from Ochsner Health, shares more.
CPT code set keeps pace with health care technology, innovation
Oct 8, 2024 · New health care innovations and technologies are emerging rapidly and the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) 2025 code set will help physicians keep pace with this …
What is telehealth? - American Medical Association
Jun 12, 2024 · “The other thing I would love to see is us taking advantage, not just in the video and the audio, but beginning to use other technologies that we're already using in the hospital, …
What is prior authorization? - American Medical Association
Jul 12, 2022 · AMA continues to fight excessive and unnecessary prior authorization through reform initiatives underway at both the state and federal levels. In addition, the AMA adopts …