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CPT 2026 Signals Strategic Pivot Toward AI, Digital Monitoring, and Value-Based Precision

Jason Free — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:15:34 +0000

The American Medical Association (AMA) has released the CPT 2026 code set, introducing 288 new procedural codes that reflect the accelerating convergence of technology, clinical innovation, and reimbursement strategy in American healthcare. While often viewed through a billing and administrative lens, the CPT framework has evolved into a critical policy lever, defining what care is measurable, billable, and therefore deliverable at scale.

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The Silent Collapse of Independent Practice Is Policy by Design

Jason Free — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:45:29 +0000

The American Medical Association’s latest findings on physician practice characteristics do not suggest a gradual drift away from private practice. They document a deliberate dismantling. In 2012, roughly 60 percent of physicians worked in private practice. Today, that figure stands at just 42.2 percent. This is not professional attrition. It is systemic extraction.

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With Physicians Facing Medicare Cuts, AMA and Others Urge Congress to Act

Jason Free — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:35:46 +0000

The American Medical Association—along with all 50 state medical societies and 76 other health organizations—have written (PDF) congressional leaders urging them to pass legislation vital to the sustainability of physician practices.

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AMA: Congress Must Act on Medicare Payment Reform as CMS Warns of More Cuts

Jason Free — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:05:27 +0000

With CMS estimating a fifth consecutive year of Medicare payment reductions—this time by 2.8 percent— it’s evident that Congress must solve this problem.

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AMA Responds to UnitedHealth Confirmation of Stolen Data from Change Healthcare

Jason Free — Mon, 06 May 2024 13:28:21 +0000

The American Medical Association (AMA) is deeply concerned about the April 22 announcement from UnitedHealth Group (UHG) indicating vast amounts of sensitive medical data might have been stolen from Change Healthcare’s system and in the hands of malicious ransomware groups.

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American Medical Association (AMA) Grants Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc.’s AI-Powered Coronary Heart Disease Detection Test, PrecisionCHD, a Dedicated CPT PLA Reimbursement Code

Jason Free — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:20:00 +0000

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, an AI-driven precision cardiovascular medicine company, announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has assigned a dedicated Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Proprietary Laboratory Analysis (PLA), 0440U, for the company’s AI-driven coronary heart disease (CHD) detection test, PrecisionCHD.

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AMA Urges Congress to Avert Medicare Cuts in the New Year

Jason Free — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:07:23 +0000

With Congress and the Administration concluding legislative business for 2023 without addressing the 3.37-percent Medicare physician payment cuts that begin on January 1, 2024, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged legislative action shortly after the holidays to avoid imperiling patient access to care and jeopardizing physician practices.

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Medicare Payment Cuts “Thin Gruel” for Seniors, Physicians

Jason Free — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:48:05 +0000

The following statement is attributable to:
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., M.P.H.
President, American Medical Association

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Honored by American Medical Association for Ongoing Commitment to Physician Well-Being

Jason Free — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 11:00:16 +0000

For the third time, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has earned the American Medical Association (AMA) Joy in Medicine distinction. The award recognizes documented efforts to reduce system-level drivers of work-related burnout and demonstrated competencies in commitment, assessment, leadership, efficiency of practice environment, teamwork, and support.

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AHIP, AMA, NAACOS Release Playbook on Sustainable Future for Value-Based Care

Jason Free — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:40:42 +0000

AHIP, the American Medical Association (AMA), and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) announced the release of data sharing best practices that organizations may voluntarily adopt to support a sustainable future for value-based care (VBC). The playbook, The Future of Sustainable Value-Based Care and Payment: Voluntary Best Practices to Advance Data Sharing, is intended to advance the adoption of VBC arrangements in the private sector that could have a greater impact on the quality and equity of care and ease participation by fostering voluntary alignment of data sharing practices.

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