FALL 2024 ISSUE

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From the APA’s PSYCHIATRIC NEWS UPDATE

The proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has incorporated several of APA’s recommendations, including allowing clinicians to use the same billing codes for telehealth sessions as for in-person evaluation and management services. However, CMS is proposing to lower the conversion factor used to determine Medicare payments by approximately 2.8%. APA continues to push for inflationary updates and will be submitting substantive comments to CMS on this and other issues. The comment period is open to everyone through September 9. For more information, contact APA staff at [email protected], and stay in-the-know by signing up for APA’s Advocacy Updates.

On June 1, Wills became the eighth CEO and medical director of APA and the first Black American and first woman to occupy this position since it was established in 1948. Read more…

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