Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services and Resource-Based Practice Expenses, Private Contracting, Physician Self-Referral Rules, Privacy and Confidentiality, and Regional Laboratory Carriers. Statement for the Practicing Physician Advisory Council

The American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM), representing the nation’s largest medical specialty, is pleased to provide the following testimony to the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council (PPAC) on the revised Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management (E/M) services, Resource-Based Practice Expenses (RBPE), private contracting, physician self-referral rules, privacy and confidentiality, and regional laboratory carriers.