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AMA to Fast Track New CPT Code for Novel Coronavirus Test

by Jasmine Pennic 03/10/2020 Leave a Comment

AMA to Fast Track New CPT Code for Novel Coronavirus Test Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Monitoring Platform

What You Need to Know: - AMA announces it will fast track CPT code development for a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) test to bolster a data-driven response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. - The CPT Editorial Panel will manage the expedited process including the creation of a test description to accompany the code and the effective date of the code. - According to the CDC, there is a total of 647 confirmed cases of COVID-19 resulting in 25 deaths in the United
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AMA, Nuance to Pilot Innovations to Reduce Physician Documentation Overload

by Fred Pennic 03/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Physician Burnout_Cognitive Overload Documentation Overload

- Today, Nuance and the American Medical Association announced a partnership to pilot innovations preventing physician burnout from documentation overload.  - This partnership is a step forward in solving physician burnout and the associated costs by piloting the combination of each organization’s technologies to reduce distractions from patient care caused by increasing administrative demands.  Nuance® Communications, Inc and the American Medical Association (AMA)
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AMA Releases Playbook to Aid Patients with Electronic Access to Medical Records

by Jasmine Pennic 02/25/2020 Leave a Comment

AMA Releases Playbook to Aid Patients with Electronic Access to Medical Records

- American Medical Association (AMA) releases Patient Records Electronic Access Playbook that focuses on dispelling myths around HIPAA and helping physicians and their practices understand their obligations to provide patients with access to their health information. - Playbook provides best practices including detailed process flows for efficiently providing patients with electronic access to medical records are combined into an authoritative resource. The American Medical Association
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AMA: 7 Physician Digital Health Adoption Trends Driving Digital Transformation

by Fred Pennic 02/06/2020 Leave a Comment

AMA: 7 Physician Digital Health Adoption Trends Driving Digital Transformation

- New AMA survey reveals physicians’ motivations and requirements for adopting digital health adoption and attitudinal shifts from 2016 to 2019. - Adoption of digital tools has grown significantly among all physicians regardless of gender, specialty or age. - Adoption of remote care tools such as tele-visits and remote monitoring had the most movement. - Awareness of most of the emerging technologies such as artificial or augmented intelligence is fairly high. Adoption of digital
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AMA and RedCrow Collaborate to Promote Physician-Driven Healthcare Innovation

by Fred Pennic 01/15/2020 Leave a Comment

AMA and RedCrow Collaborate to Promote Physician-Driven Healthcare Innovation

- The American Medical Association (AMA) and direct investment platform RedCrow are teaming up to promote physician insight-powered healthcare innovation. The American Medical Association (AMA) and RedCrow, a direct investment platform for healthcare innovation, today announced a collaboration to drive engagement between physicians and entrepreneurs that fosters innovative healthcare startups with insight, guidance, and funding to help grow promising companies. Building on a shared conviction
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Inaccurate Provider Directories Costs Physician Practices $2.76B Annually

by Jasmine Pennic 11/15/2019 Leave a Comment

Report: Maintaining Provider Directories Costs Physician Practices $2.76B Annually

- Providers spend $2.76 billion each year on provider directory maintenance, a new survey by CAQH found. - For individual practices, this intensive process costs $998.84 per month--the equivalent of one staff day per week. That is time and money that most providers can't afford to waste.- CAQH surveyed 1,240 physician practices last month and just released "TheHidden Causes of Inaccurate Provider Directories"-- a new white paper that details the burdens the survey uncovered and what the industry
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AMA Launches Practice Transformation Initiative to Combat Physician Burnout

by Fred Pennic 09/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Physician Burnout Report: Understanding The Impact of Burnout on Healthcare Executives

- The American Medical Association (AMA) launches Practice Transformation Initiative to combat the root causes of physician burnout and dissatisfaction.- The Practice Transformation Initiative will support research and advance evidence-based solutions by collaborating with organizations who are committed to the practice transformation journey.- Initiative features the Physicians Foundation supporting the engagement of interested state medical societies that will recruit health systems and
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Q&A: Dr. Geeta Nayyar Discusses the State of Physician Burnout & EHRs

by Erica Garvin 07/30/2019 Leave a Comment

Dr. Geeta Nayyar Discusses the State of Value-Based Care, HIT Challenges, and Physician Burnout

Before drifting off to sleep, most of us put on pajamas when it’s time to curl up with a good book or binge-watch what’s trending on Netflix—but not today’s doctors. According to one previous study, physicians spend nearly two hours conducting EHR/paperwork every night at home. This after-hour activity is known in healthcare as “pajama time,” but don’t let the cutesy nickname fool you. Turns out, time spent mired with EHR data is becoming a growing problem for physicians. A subsequent study
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AMA Grants New CPT Code for KidneyIntelX to Support Medicare & Reimbursement

by Fred Pennic 07/01/2019 Leave a Comment

5 Opportunities to Increase Electronic Exchange of Medical Documentation

The American Medical Association (AMA) has granted a CPT® Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) Code for Renayltix AI’s lead product, KidneyIntelX. The new code, 0105U, has been approved and published by the AMA CPT Editorial Panel, and is scheduled to become effective on October 1, 2019.Medicare Price for New CPT CodeA payment rate for the new code will be established for Medicare patients through the 2019 Clinical Lab Fee Schedule (CLFS) Annual Public Meeting process. Renayltix AI will shortly
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Haves vs. Have-Nots in Healthcare: Why The Haves Are Still Winning

by Irv Lichtenwald , CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation 05/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Haves vs. Have-Nots in Healthcare: Why The Haves Are Still Winning

Ideology is a beguiling mistress. When she winks and showers rewards on the faithful, they’re much more likely to focus on successes over failures moving forward, even if the latter vastly outnumber the former. My use of the word ‘ideology’ here is intentional. I come from rather humble beginnings and have experienced the benefits that a market-based capitalist system offers to those willing to work hard and color inside the lines. I’ve earned a level of prosperity my parents could only dream
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