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S1 Ep179: Vaccine schedules, stocking costs and the back-to-school visit, with AAFP President Sarah Nosal, M.D.
Three Current Procedural Terminology codes for immunization counseling on days when no vaccine is administered, 90482 through 90484, took effect Jan. 1, 2026. They were built to capture the time a physician spends on a conversation that ends without a shot. CMS does not pay for them, and most private payers do not either.
Medical Economics Associate Editor Austin Littrell sat down with Sarah C. Nosal, M.D., FAAFP, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a family physician who has practiced in the South Bronx for nearly two decades.
Nosal points family physicians to the…
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