Current Procedural Terminology, perhaps better known by its abbreviation “CPT,” is the coding system the medical field uses to document healthcare services during a procedure. This system is extensive ...

For years, debate around endoscopic spine surgery centered on whether the technique was ready for broad adoption. Questions about safety, durability, and outcomes dominated discussions among surgeons, ...

When CMS quietly updated the Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) for CPT 64772 from two to six units for 2026, it didn’t make headlines, but it should have. This change isn’t simply a coding adjustment. It ...

The American Medical Association has released new medical codes for 2026 amid a growing debate about whether the medical group may have too much influence over the healthcare coding system. The AMA ...

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, M.D., is doubling down on his scrutiny of the American Medical Association's (AMA's) handling of billing and claims ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New devices for spine fixation and instrumentation seem to appear every day. Integrating these new devices into ...

The AMA has announced revisions to its new family of Category I CPT codes for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Services and the Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Treatment Management Services (RTM-TMS) ...

Therapists working in today’s ever-evolving healthcare landscape know that keeping up with coding changes isn’t just an administrative task; it’s a clinical imperative. The tools we use to describe ...

A physician-turned-prominent senator has put the American Medical Association (AMA) on notice again, demanding an accounting of the profits it earns from its “monopoly” over the coding system used for ...