The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes offer doctors and health care professionals a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to streamline reporting, increase accuracy and ...

However, there are still key concerns as physicians continue to explore how these tools will impact their practices. Implementation guidance and research, including clinical evidence, remain critical ...

And it reached an all-time high in 2021 with COVID-19 death rates up significantly from the year before, new SARS-CoV-2 variants emerging and large numbers of Americans who refused to get vaccinated ...

Yet while iron is naturally found in certain foods, many people fall short of meeting their recommended intake. This can lead to iron deficiency, which affects about 10 million people in the U.S. with ...

“Insomnia is the inability to fall or stay asleep, typically. It's not a one or two month or one- or two-week type of thing,” said Dr. Almadhoun. “It's over a few months where you're having persistent ...

Recent studies have shown that despite the improvements in the overall health of the country, racial and ethnic minorities experience a lower quality of health care—they are less likely to receive ...

Patients with chronic pain continue to face barriers to care, including stigma, regulations limiting medication access, and shortages of pain-management specialists. But progress is being made on the ...

A strong urge to urinate that doesn’t go away, a burning feeling when urinating and blood in the urine, can be signs of a urinary tract infection (UTI), which is very common in the U.S. While most ...

For a job candidate directly out of residency, choosing the accomplishments to include depends on the requirements of the jobs you are interested in and your individual strengths. Emphasize the most ...

Data from 2022 showed that 7.4% of all prior authorizations were denied or partially denied—for example, the insurer approved 10 of 14 requested therapy sessions. That’s up from the less than 6% of ...

Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) Codes are an addition to the CPT® code set approved by the AMA CPT® Editorial Panel. They are alpha-numeric CPT codes with a corresponding descriptor for labs or ...

To help provide sustained relief from the workforce crisis and the associated burnout it produces, the AMA sent letters in support of H.R. 2389 / S. 1302 (PDFs), the “Resident Physician Shortage ...