AMA Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Process
The CPT Editorial Panel is responsible for maintaining the AMA CPT code set. The panel is authorized by the AMA to revise, update, or modify CPT codes, descriptors, rules and guidelines. In order to do this, the panel maintains an open process and convenes meetings three times per year to solicit the direct input of practicing physicians, medical device manufacturers, developers of the latest diagnostic tests and advisors from over 100 societies representing physicians and other qualified health care professionals. Medical specialty societies, individual physicians, hospitals, third-party payers and other interested parties may submit applications for changes to CPT for consideration by the editorial panel. The panel is composed of 17 members. Of these, 11 are physicians nominated by the national medical specialty societies and approved by the AMA Board of Trustees.
ASE has two advisors who attend the CPT Meetings and represent echocardiography.
- Susan Mayer, MD, FASE
- Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE
AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC)
The AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) is a unique, multi-specialty committee dedicated to describing the resources required to provide physician services. These recommendations are based on data collected from surveys of practicing physicians regarding the physician work involved in performing CPT codes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) considers this input when developing Relative Value Units (RVUs).
ASE has two advisors who attend the RUC Meetings and represent echocardiography.
- Geoffrey Rose, MD, FASE
- Danita Sanborn, MD, FASE