Some ACR members will be randomly selected to take an important survey to determine relative values for services in new outpatient consultation codes.
Experts Discuss Current Insurance Issues Challenging Rheumatology
ATLANTA—From step therapy requirements to infusion center locations to evaluation and management coding, insurance issues bring frequent headaches to clinicians and patients. Experts discussed some of the most recent concerns in a session at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting. Chris Phillips, MD, chair of the ACR’s Insurance Subcommittee (ISC), and Gary Bryant, MD, delegate to…
Coverage & Reimbursement Challenges: Updates from the ACR Insurance Subcommittee Chair
The ACR Insurance Subcommittee is working to address specialty pharmacy requirements for in-office treatments, elimination of consultation codes and other coverage and reimbursement challenges.
ACR Leads Coalition Opposing Cigna’s Elimination of Consultation Codes
In a letter co-signed by other Cognitive Specialty Coalition organizations, the ACR is requesting at least a one-year delay to better coordinate payer changes with recent federal initiatives.
ACR Fights Cigna Decision to Eliminate Consultation Codes
As of Oct. 19, Cigna will deny claims billed with codes for consultation services, making it the second payer to discontinue payment for evaluation and management codes in 2019.
A Case to Reinstate Consultation Codes
There is value in specialty training