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When CMS deputy director Marge Watchorn asked a roomful of coding veterans at this week’s AMA CPT Symposium in Chicago what they would change about the guidelines, she got an earful. Here's what they said.

The American Medical Association wants to widen the 60-day window within which physicians can be replaced by locum tenens equivalents. But a locum expert says CMS is unlikely to go for it.

Several physician groups are picking a fight about prior authorizations, something many providers reportedly view as an onerous, time-consuming process that interferes with patient care.
Practices that assess dementia among patients and create a care plan will find a new payment opportunity in 2017, but you'll have to meet strict reporting requirements to get your claims through.
By now you've likely caught wind of the small, 2,400-page final rule CMS issued Oct. 14 that puts a finishing touch or two on CMS' new era of quality reporting and value-based payments.

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