The AMA and ACOG have collaborated to revise billing codes for maternity care service, which will better reflect modern obstetric practice.

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This document presents a clinical lexicon comprising data elements related to chest pain and acute myocardial infarction (MI), in the sense and context of how these ...

At the same time, there have been noted barriers to implementation of PROs in the United States, most notably lack of insurance reimbursement. 12 Amid evidence that PRO programs can be cost-effective ...

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Several insurers are automatically downcoding -- and, therefore, paying less for -- claims for non-procedural office visits, a practice that provider groups said is unfair and may be anticompetitive.

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