The specialty’s leading advocate, the Advocacy Council, is committed to bringing you news and insights on billing, coding and policy reform that directly affect your practice. Advocacy Insider, a recurring column in College Insider, keeps you in the loop.
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2022 Medicare Principal Care Management codes
In the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule issued last November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) added four new CPT codes in the ca…
Join the House of Delegates to advocate for allergists
Are you interested in being a dynamic spokesperson for the allergy specialty? Would you like to represent the interests of allergists to policymakers, and advo…
The No Surprises act requires providers to supply a good faith estimate for cost of care
In December 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act (NSA), which is intended to protect patients from unexpected out-of-network (OON) “surprise” medical bil…
2022 RVUs and Medicare physician fee schedule effective now
The College’s Advocacy Council, along with other organizations, has been successful in advocating for legislation to alter Medicare physician payment cuts sche…
A new look for the Advocacy Council
A new year – a new look. The Advocacy Council has a redesigned logo and new tagline.As part of the College’s Vision Forward Strategic Plan, we’ve developed a n…
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring – New revenue for allergists?
On Jan.1, 2022, Medicare will begin paying for remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) services. RTM services allow for nonphysiologic data to be collected. Data c…
Update on PHE Waivers for Telehealth
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). The PHE has be…
College advocacy largely averts Medicare pay cut
As you know, many allergists were facing reductions in Medicare payments that could have been as high as 9.75% beginning Jan. 1 if Congress did not step in to …
De-identifying protected health information
Just a reminder to members about the rules for sharing protected health information (PHI) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)…
Open season for deciding Medicare participation
Every year, between mid-November and December 31, physicians have the opportunity to change their Medicare participation status for the following year. Physici…
