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September 2025 CPT Editorial Panel meeting: what’s on the agenda and why it matters

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The American Medical Association (AMA) CPT®* Editorial Panel will convene in Chicago, Illinois, from September 18 to 20, 2025. The meeting agenda includes proposals to create new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes and...more

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How to Keep Physicians Happy Without Breaking Your Budget

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Budgeting remains a critical issue as more hospitals and medical groups merge or become acquired in 2023. Budgeting questions commonly require a comprehensive review of physician compensation agreements....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 37. News Briefs - October 2019 #2

California physician Donald Woo Lee was found guilty Oct. 17 for his role in providing medically unnecessary procedures to Medicare beneficiaries, upcoding, and repackaging single-use catheters for re-use, the Department of...more

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Plausibility Requirement for Pleading in FCA Cases Remains a Viable Defensive Tool

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The recent federal court opinion issued in United States ex rel. Integra Med Analytics, LLC v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al, illustrates the continued importance of examining the plausibility of allegations made in qui...more

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CMS Proposes Significant E/M Coding and Documentation Changes - Healthcare Alert

On July 27, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed annual update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which proposes changes to the E/M coding and documentation process that CMS...more

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Use of Modifier 25 - 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have reviewed the use of Modifier 25 to unbundle payments for evaluation and management (E/M) services when a procedure is...more

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