Administration seeks public comment on CPT billing codes; AMA dispute noted
HHS posted a request for information on the CPT medical billing codes to shift incentives toward primary care; the segment also notes an ongoing lawsuit challenging the AMA's ownership of CPT codes.
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Health and Human Services, represented in a video by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., posted a formal request for information on the future of medical coding and billing, saying the goal is to reduce incentives for expensive procedures and put money back into patient care. "Today, we're taking the 1st step toward changing that," Kennedy said in the posted video described in the program.
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