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Event Description

Although Medicare physician fees are established through federal regulation, the relative values assigned to medical services are heavily influenced by a committee of specialty societies convened by the American Medical Association (AMA), which also owns the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes. This session asks: What ethical concerns arise when a private professional organization both controls standards essential to the healthcare system and receives substantial revenue from their use? It will examine how conflicts of interest, limited transparency, and unequal representation in price-setting have contributed to the undervaluation of primary care.

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration required for in-person and online attendance. For more information, please visit the event webpage.

Hosted by the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia University.