Health Policy Affairs

SIR’s RUC Advisor Minhaj Khaja, MD; RUC Alternate Advisor Robert Kennedy, MD; and SIR staff attended the AMA RUC meeting on April 23–26. SIR lead one survey and five action plans. RUC meetings are confidential. CMS will address RUC recommendations in the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule. At that time, all RUC recommendations, minutes and votes are publicly available online . Survey preparations for the September 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 CPT® Advisor Ashok Bhanushali, MD, MBA, FSIR; CPT® Alternate Advisor Julie C. Bulman, MD; and CPT Member Alex Fairchild, MD, FSIR, along with SIR staff, attended the American Medical Association (AMA) CPT® Editorial Panel meeting from May 1–3. SIR, with collaborating societies, proposed three CAT III code for tissue displacement and five new CAT III codes for surface mesh along with two new CAT I codes for intraosseous fiducial marker placement. CAT III codes approved at this meeting will post on the AMA website on July 1, 2025, and take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. CAT I codes will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.

For more info visit the AMA Summary of Panel Actions.