Source: Emily Hill, PA, AAPM Coding ConsultantDate: June 20, 2018Next week we will be contacting a random selection of members to participate in an important AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) survey of [...]
Source: Emily Hill, PA, AAPM Coding ConsultantDate: July 11, 2018CDI has been described as the process of improving healthcare records to ensure improved patient outcomes, data quality, and accurate reimbursement. Historically this has been a [...]
Source: Emily Hill, PA, AAPM Coding ConsultantDate: July 23, 2018On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed [...]
Source: Emily Hill, PA, AAPM Coding ConsultantDate: August 8, 2018The CMS Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) addressed several key changes to the 2019 QPP. The Rule expands the definition of MIPS (Merit-Based [...]
A statement from the American Academy of Pain Medicine As a professional medical society, the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) is committed to integrity and transparency in all of its activities. Like other professional [...]
A statement from the American Academy of Pain Medicine As pain physicians, our primary commitment is to provide the best possible care and treatment to our patients. The Academy's policies prohibit our education and advocacy [...]
A statement from the American Academy of Pain Medicine The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) applauds U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH comments urging more Americans to carry naloxone, a lifesaving medication [...]
A statement from the American Academy of Pain Medicine The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) welcomes FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's comments suggesting the development of evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines. We stand at the ready [...]
A statement from the American Academy of Pain Medicine Data released by IQVIA, a health care consulting company that regularly gathers prescribing data from pharmacies across the country, documenting a 22-percent decrease in opioid prescriptions [...]
What is pain medicine? The specialty of pain medicine is concerned with the study of pain, prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons in pain. Some conditions may have pain and [...]
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