PatientRightsAdvocate.org sued the American Medical Association this week, arguing the trade group has no valid copyright over the CPT codes that providers must use to bill for care. It follows a public letter Senator Bill Cassidy sent to the AMA last year accusing it of “abus[ing] [its] government-backed monopoly by charging exorbitant fees to anyone using the CPT code set.”
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