Along with a new year, January 1 will usher in watershed changes to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) “Current Procedure Terminology (CPT®) Evaluation and Management (E/M) Office or Other ...
Differential coding by Medicare Advantage plans appeared to have pushed their risk scores higher than traditional Medicare's scores. Those greater risk scores led to $33 billion in extra revenue for ...
The AMA’s CPT update went into effect on Jan. 1. According to the organization, the update will free “physicians and care teams from time-wasting administrative tasks that are clinically irrelevant to ...
Differential coding in MA plans results in higher risk scores and increased payments compared to TM, with significant insurer variation. UnitedHealth Group's risk scores were significantly higher than ...