Congressional News and Perspective
ACP Advocacy to Prevent Physician Payment Cuts Continues
Members are encouraged to email congressional representatives and urge them to prioritize addressing the payment cuts before the end of the year.
ACP Policy News
ACP Provides Recommendations for Improving Health Care Quality for Incarcerated Individuals
Policy paper details needs of incarcerated patients, addresses preventive health, chronic diseases, infectious diseases, substance use disorders and behavioral health.
Quick Hit
ACP's Coding for Clinicians now includes 2023 coding guidance
ACP's Coding for Clinicians learning series features 13 self-paced activities designed to help internal medicine physicians simplify coding while optimizing payments for high-complexity care. This activity is eligible for CME/MOC.
Newly updated 2023 coding guidance includes:
- Inpatient coding based on updated medical decision-making guidance
- The new unified hospital inpatient/observation evaluation and management code set
- New time-based coding thresholds and prolonged service coding
- Major changes to inpatient and outpatient consultation coding
Visit ACP's Coding for Clinicians page for more information and subscription details.
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