Health IT Appointments & Hires
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring include the new AMA President and recent hires and appointments at HHS.
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Health IT Appointments & Hires
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring include CaduceusHealth, PointClickCare, Availity, Elemeno Health, Medicus IT, Ardent Health, Greater Good Health, eClinical Solutions, American Oncology Network, Evidently, Wondr Health, CVS Health, LifeStance Health, & AMA.
Studies, Surveys and Reports: What Can We Learn?
We have rounded up some reports and surveys from around the industry that we thought were of interest from the American Medical Association, AHIP, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Humana, Netwrix, Radware, Black Kite and more.
AMA: Physician Enthusiasm Grows for Health Care AI
The use of augmented intelligence (AI)—often called artificial intelligence— in health care evokes greater enthusiasm and less apprehension than it once did among a growing number of physicians, according to a new survey by the American Medical Association.
AMA Backs Bill to Block Medicare Cuts
A bipartisan group of 10 House members introduced a bill recently to stop the 2.83 percent cut in Medicare payments to physician practices this year while providing a 2 percent payment update, aiming to stabilize physician practices and protect patients’ access to care.
AMA Releases CPT 2025 Code Set
The emergence of medical innovations, new technologies and cutting-edge procedures spurred most of the annual changes presented in the release of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2025, the nation’s uniform data-sharing code set for medical procedures and services published by the AMA.
New AMA Analysis of Consolidation in PBM Markets
The AMA recently published its new annual analysis of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) markets confirming low competition among these middlemen in the pharmaceutical supply chain and high vertical integration of PBMs with health insurance companies.
AMA Announces CPT Update for Avian Influenza Vaccines
The AMA announced an editorial update to Current Procedural Terminology, the leading medical terminology code set for describing health care procedures and services, that includes a newly assigned provisional CPT code for vaccines to protect patients against the H5N8 strain of avian influenza (bird flu).
Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates
The AMA gathered physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine at its Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates last month to shape guiding policies on emerging health care topics. Take a look at some of the policies adopted at the meeting.