2021 Annual Meeting Startup & Practice Management Access Pass-AANA Advocacy

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The Arthroscopy Association of North America (ANA) prioritizes advocacy through dedicated fellowships, committee participation, and grassroots programs. Their advocacy focuses on evolving healthcare policies, especially addressing recent Evaluation & Management (E&M) coding changes, prior authorization reform, and commercial insurance clinical practice guideline (CPG) development. The E&M changes increased payments for office visits but decreased surgical codes, impacting surgeons financially. ANA seeks to amend flawed code descriptions and promote grassroots political action. For prior authorization, ANA supports House Resolution 3173 to standardize and streamline electronic claims processing. Regarding payer denials, ANA advocates for adherence to CPT codes and collaboration with insurers to ensure fair clinical guidelines.

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Dr. Eric Stiefel

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Arthroscopy Association of North America

E&M coding changes

prior authorization reform

commercial insurance clinical practice guidelines

healthcare policy advocacy