CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the members of a newly established editorial board for its publication, CPT Assistant, offering guidance on the use of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and coding rules.

CPT Assistant will be managed by a 15-member editorial board that will be responsible for providing CPT stakeholders greater input into the process of selecting, reviewing and contributing topics for publication.

The establishment of an editorial board for CPT Assistant sets the groundwork for the newsletter to evolve into a multipurpose publication that offers both high-level coding guidance from the CPT Editorial Panel and practical coding advice from other coding experts.
The composition of the editorial board is consistent with the broad scope of CPT users and includes public and private payers, multispecialty physicians and nonphysicians, as well as AMA representation.


Members of the newly created editorial board include:

Chair: William Thorwarth, MD
Vice Chair, CPT Editorial Panel

Secretary: Dan Reyes
Managing Editor, CPT Assistant
American Medical Association

J. Martin Tucker, MD
CPT Editorial Panel

Peter A. Hollmann, MD
CPT Editorial Panel

Albert Bothe, Jr., MD
CPT Advisory Committee

Richard A. Molteni, MD
CPT Advisory Committee/
Former CPT Editorial Panel

Helene M. Fearon, PT
Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee

Charles F. Koopman, Jr., MD
AMA/Specialty RVS Update Committee

Kenneth B. Simon, MD, MBA
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Richard W. Whitten, MD, MBA
Contractor Medical Director

Gerald E. Silverstein, MD
America's Health Insurance Plans

Claudia J. Bonnell, RN, MLS
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Nelly Leon-Chisen
American Hospital Association

Lianne Stancik
American Medical Association

Danielle Pavloski
American Medical Association

CPT Assistant is published twelve times a year, and contains detailed articles, commentaries, updates, and other timely facts to help keep a medical claims system running smoothly.

Subscriptions to CPT Assistant can be obtained by visiting the AMA Product Catalog, or contacting AMA Customer Service at (800) 621-8335.

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