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.
Reimbursement · yesterdayWhy it matters: The piece is a reflection rather than a concrete change, but it reflects real uncertainty among physicians about training, workflows and professional identity over the next decade.
Physician Future · yesterdayMGMA is pushing a draft bill to ban automatic downcoding and warning about AI-run prior authorization in traditional Medicare, alongside a looming same-day payment cut. Separately, a broad reflection asks how much of the next decade of medicine is already decided.
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