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CPT CODE 99072 ADDED FOR EXPENDITURES DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

The pandemic has required healthcare offices to expend additional resources, including supplies and clinical staff time, to maximize the safety of office visits. On September 8, 2020, the American Medical Association (AMA) published an update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set that includes a new code 99702 to report some of these costs.

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PAID SICK LEAVE AND TAX CREDITS FOR CORONAVIRUS-RELATED EMPLOYEE LEAVE — DOL EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY OF PHYSICIAN OFFICE EMPLOYEES

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires many employers to pay employees for sick leave related to COVID-19 in specific situations. Although there are exemptions for healthcare, the Department of Labor (DOL)has recently changed its rules to make the definitions less broad.

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ACT NOW to DELAY Harmful Medicare Cuts (Again)!

In our continuing efforts to prevent proposed devasting Medicare cuts, we want to inform you that legislation has been introduced in Congress to DELAY the harmful Medicare cuts. H.R. 8505 (Burgess) seeks to delay the cuts by waiving the budget neutrality requirement for the 2021 proposed Medicare fee schedule for one year. We need you to act NOW!

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