2024 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule – impact on allergy practices
This article summarizes key proposals concerning the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) that would impact allergy practices.
2024 MIPS Proposed Changes
This article provides a summary of key proposals and changes to the traditional MIPS program that will impact allergists.
AMA’s Vital Physician Practice Expense Study will collect data on physician practice expenses
A new national AMA study, supported by the College and 173 health care organizations, to collect data on physician practice expenses.
2023 diagnosis coding specificity
Since this rule was implemented, we have received very few reports of audits denying claims using unspecified codes - until recently
New JZ modifier implementation begins July 1
Medicare will require the use of the new JZ modifier for single-dose containers when there are no discarded amounts of a drug/biologic.
Medical Debt Collection
Good faith estimates and medical debt collection will likely impact your practice and your patients in 2023.
Confirming diagnoses
The Advocacy Council regularly receives queries from members on how to correctly code. Many are common issues, including for coding unconfirmed diagnoses.
Expiration of COVID HIPAA Enforcement Discretion
To help providers come into compliance with the HIPAA Rules on telehealth, OCR is providing a 90-day transition period ending August 9, 2023.
2023 MedPAC report encourages physician payment reform
These reports make nonbinding recommendations to Congress and also assess various aspects of Medicare payment policy.
AMA Medicare specialty impact analysis
A/I was one of 16 specialty groups to experience a 2% cut in Medicare payments as a result of the 2023 Medicare PFS final rule and the CAA.