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Help Your Child Control Their Severe Asthma Instructional Video
in Severe Pediatric Asthma Shared Decision-Making | Resource Type: VideoRead the full articleThis video walks you through best practices in shared decision-making – how to discuss treatment options with your patient’s parents… This video walks you through best practices in shared decision-making – how to discuss treatment options with your patient’s parents and guide them in a…
Help Your Child Control Their Severe Asthma
in Severe Pediatric Asthma Shared Decision-Making | Resource Type: External Interactive ToolRead the full articleSend your patients to kidsasthmarelief.acaai.org to use the online tool and continue the discussion.… …
Register Now for the ACAAI 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
Read the full articleRegister for the 2021 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Nov. 4-8!… Register for the 2021 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Nov. 4-8!…
FDA panel votes on COVID-19 booster vaccines
Read the full articleLast Friday, Sept. 17, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, in part to discuss the matter of Pfizer’s application for administration of a third “booster” dose of its mRNA vaccine for…
I got a COVID-19 Vaccine Booster; I am not immunocompromised
Read the full articleIn mid-August, I walked into a Fulton County, Georgia, health department site giving COVID-19 vaccines near my house. I told them it was my first vaccine, gave them my driver’s license, and received my third Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Fifteen minutes…
De-identify personal patient info
Read the full articleThe College’s Advocacy Council encourages members to keep the council abreast of coverage and coding issues they experience with CMS and commercial payers. When transmitting data to the Advocacy Council, such as claim denial letters, covered entities who electronically transmit any health information…
New Orleans is ready to welcome ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Read the full articleThe College is pleased to report that the City of New Orleans has made remarkable progress on restoring impacted facilities and businesses to full function after Hurricane Ida. The Morial Convention Center, hotels and other sites we’ll be using for our live meeting…
Information blocking requirements now in effect
Read the full articleBeginning April 5, health care providers (including allergy practices) and electronic health record (EHR) vendors must comply with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC’s) requirements governing the prohibition against information blocking. This prohibition applies to all agreements…
New OIT Coding Recommendations
Read the full articleThe American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology provide this guidance on coding for FDA approved Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Desensitization (OIT). This replaces any previous guidance our organizations have published related to OIT and…
2021 E/M coding and documentation rules
Read the full articleNew rules for reporting outpatient office evaluation and management (E/M) services took effect Jan. 1. The coding and documentation revisions, adopted by the American Medical Association’s CPT Editorial Panel and approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) substantially simplify…
CMS proposes to rescind 'most favored nation' pricing rule
| Resource Type: URLRead the full articleFor years, Congress and CMS have been trying to reform how Medicare reimburses for prescription drugs and biologics covered under… Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. In tellus integer feugiat scelerisque…
CMS proposes to rescind 'most favored nation' pricing rule
Read the full articleOn August 10th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that would rescind a previously finalized regulation that implemented a “most favored nation” reimbursement methodology for certain Part B drugs and biologics, on which we first reported November 23…
Common Allergy and Immunology ICD-10 Codes for Adverse Effects of Drugs
Read the full articleNote: We have used # to represent an incomplete code – in order to complete the code, the # needs to be replaced with the appropriate seventh character (A, D, or S). Download common A/I codes for adverse effects of drugs (PDF) T36 Adverse effect of…
Get hands-on experience
Read the full articleAs New Orleans and other regions recover from Hurricane Ida, our thoughts and concern are with the people who have been affected. The College has been in communication with our contacts in New Orleans. Reports as of today indicate that power has been restored…
More proposed changes to the QPP
Read the full articleLast July the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule recommending a number of changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP), including the traditional Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program. This is the second…
Help ease back-to-school issues
Read the full articleRagweed season is the time of year many of your patients may dread, and it’s likely your patients are seeking relief from their itchy eyes, runny noses and other symptoms. And, as kids head back to school, they may be experiencing more asthma…
What does it take to get a new CPT code approved?
Read the full articleSome members have asked the College why certain services don’t have specific CPT codes. Category 1 CPT codes are five-digit… Some members have asked the College why certain services don’t have specific CPT codes. Category 1 CPT codes are five-digit numeric codes that identify a…
Your questions answered
Read the full articleOne of the goals under Vision Forward is to educate nonmember health care professionals (HCPs) ‒ including primary care physicians, pediatricians and others ‒ on the specialized expertise and services of allergists. We asked Executive Medical Director Michael Blaiss, MD, FACAAI, to expand on this…
Spotlight on Infectious Diseases & International Travel Committee
Read the full articleThe College’s Infectious Diseases and International Travel Committee, chaired by Kathryn Convers, MD, FACAAI, has been working on a retrospective study on inflight allergic and respiratory emergencies. The project came about when Dr. Convers and her Committee started looking into airline policies that…
Engaging Committees
Read the full articleYou may have seen Dr. Fonacier’s recent College Insider article, Vision Forward: Working on the future, where she outlines some of the College’s strategic priorities. (Be sure to give it a read if you haven’t done so already!) Vision Forward, our…
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