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Physicians push back as payers tighten reimbursement rules
Signals about MGMA’s advocacy, automatic downcoding, prior authorization, and looming federal payment threats point to a single story: physicians are increasingly organizing around reimbursement integrity and administrative burden in the face of policy and AI-driven payer tools.
Why it matters: If automatic downcoding and AI-run prior authorization spread, practices will need tighter coding and denial-management operations, and CMS rule changes are already tying reimbursement to that discipline.
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