tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 23

CLINICAL EXAMPLES: AMA Goes Back To The Drawing Board With Clinical Examples

But "average payment" idea dead on arrival, AMA says Happy with the status quo on E/M coding? You'd better be. There's little chance of any changes to evaluation and management coding rules in the near future, according to the AMA and other sources. After three years of buildup, the much-ballyhooed "clinical examples" for E/M coding failed even to warrant official discussion at the AMA's recent delegates'meeting. The issue didn't come up, the AMA says. There was no discussion of the issue on the house floor, according to the AMA, and no resolution or report brought up the issue. This...

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