Health advocacy group sues AMA to make billing codes public

Rebecca Pifer Parduhn / healthcaredive - PatientRightsAdvocate.org is challenging the doctor’s association’s copyright of the current procedural terminology, or CPT, system. Use of the codes is required by law, and that means they should be freely available, per the suit.

AI Summary: A health advocacy group has taken the American Medical Association to court seeking public access to the CPT billing code system, arguing that proprietary control reduces transparency around medical billing and pricing. The legal action challenges AMA’s copyright and could force broader disclosure of codes used across U.S. healthcare.