AMA CPT® Assistant - 1998 Issue 3 (March)

AMA and Organized Medicine's Implement Three Part Approach to Correct Latest HCFA Documentation Guidelines (March 1998)

March 1998 pages 4-6 Coding Commentary AMA and Organized Medicine's Implement Three Part Approach to Correct Latest HCFA Documentation Guidelines On February 9, 1998, the AMA announced more details of an aggressive campaign by organized medicine to correct the revised Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services during a six-month implementation delay obtained by the AMA in December 1997. The AMA has developed a three-pronged plan that will ensure that, through the combined efforts of organized medicine, physicians have ample time to learn about, respond to, and implement the revised guidelines and associated payor...

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