Recent Insider Updates
Keep up to date with the latest messages from the College! Bookmark the Insider Update page and check back regularly!
2025 MIPS Final Policies
This article summarizes key changes to the traditional Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program for the 2025 performance period.
We’ve come a long way
This year, much of our advocacy effort has been devoted to influencing changes to the 2025 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
New guidance for payers related to unreasonable documentation for immunotherapy
The recommendations lay out what the authors see as reasonable and unreasonable requests for documentation for allergy immunotherapy services.
2023 Allergy Medicare E&M Coding Distribution
The trend is clear: allergists’ coding patterns have continued to shift in favor of higher E&M codes over the past three years.
Up-to-date food allergy diagnosis and management information
The College recently updated its Food Allergy Diagnosis and Management slides and speaker guide, based on the recently published Yardstick.
2025 ICD-10 updates
These guidelines have been developed to identify the diagnoses that are being reported at the highest level of specificity documented.
Information for Clinicians About Recent Natural Disasters
The College is committed to providing information and resources to assist allergists in the region, and will continue to monitor information.
October is Eczema Awareness Month
October is Eczema Awareness Month! Use the College’s materials for allergists, including information you can share with patients.
New College campaign raises awareness of type 2 inflammation
This project raises awareness among PCPs about type 2 inflammation and the allergic conditions related to this type of immune response.
Coding for penicillin allergy testing – everything you need to know in 2024
ICD-10 and CPT coding for penicillin allergy testing can be confusing. Here’s what you need to know to get reimbursed
Spotlight on Annals: AD and food allergy
This month’s Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology is full of articles that will help you provide the best possible care for your patients.
Improve patient quality of care and get paid for it
CMS encourages physicians to incorporate SDOH risk assessment into your practices – and now they are paying you to do it.
Think ahead to fall
Download our fall resources to increase your visibility with your patients and within your community. These timely articles are easy to use.
Creative ways to use texting with patients
In a 2023 Tebra patient survey, 67% of patients said they want to receive text messages for appointment-related reminders
New member benefit – My Green Doctor
Using the My Green Doctor program, your practice can save thousands of dollars in the first year! Everyone in your practice can register.
Asthma articles dominate in the July-August issue of AllergyWatch
Of the 24 articles reviewed in this AllergyWatch issue, 12 focus on asthma.
Patient/Public Brochures for Printing
The brochures in this section are for College members to use with patients to explain allergic conditions.
Extending the reach of the College through partnerships
By working with these organizations, we can expand our outreach to the public and within the health care community.
