Health Policy Affairs

SIR RUC Advisor Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, MBA, FSIR; Alternate RUC Advisor, Robert J. Kennedy, MD, FSIR; RUC member Nainesh Parikh, MD, MBA, and SIR staff attended the American Medical Association (AMA) Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) meeting on Sept. 24–27. SIR led five action plans and presented three code sets to the RUC panel. RUC meetings are confidential. CMS will address RUC recommendations in the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) rule. At that time, all RUC recommendations, minutes, and votes will be publicly available online. Survey preparations for the January 2026 RUC meeting have begun. If you receive a RUC survey from SIR for a procedure that you perform, please complete it as soon as possible.

SIR's Current Procedural Terminology® (CPT®) and RUC advisors are able to fight for IR because of your membership in the AMA. SIR is up for AMA seat renewal in 2026. Help us keep winning for IR. Don’t forget to renew your membership with AMA so we can keep IR’s seat at the table and influence the decisions made about the future of your practice. The new AMA term begins Jan. 1, 2026.

SIR's Current Procedural Terminology® (CPT®) and RUC advisors are able to fight for IR because of your membership in the AMA. SIR is up for AMA seat renewal in 2026. Help us keep winning for IR. Don’t forget to renew your membership with AMA so we can keep IR’s seat at the table and influence the decisions made about the future of your practice. The new AMA term begins Jan. 1, 2026.