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You receive a new CPT manual from the American Medical Association every year, but remember to check the errata and technical corrections that AMA posts on its website: That information can make the difference between payment and denial.

Take note of additional guidance on a suite of new E/M codes making their debut in 2018 to describe cognitive assessment and behavioral health care, straight from this week’s AMA CPT Symposium in Chicago.
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.

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