Search results for "Preventive Medicine"
A 2-pronged approach to advance care planning
With prior planning, physicians can ensure that their patients' wishes are followed at the end of life.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/09/advanced-directive.htm
1 Sep 2015
Know the patient to achieve statin benefits
That statins work is without question. And with costs falling due to many drugs in the class going generic, physicians are now refining when to prescribe the ubiquitous drug class based on the degree of risk.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/statin.htm
1 Nov 2010
Overcoming colonoscopy's image problem
Colon cancer screening saves lives, but internists have to overcome patients' initial unease with the test. They also need to sort through the multiple guidelines released in 2008 and help their patients choose among the many screening regimens.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/colon.htm
1 Jan 2009
Expert hints at how GI practices can keep coding current
Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractors are, in fact, auditing physicians more than ever. The “incident toâ€ï¿½ provision and teaching physician guidelines cause the greatest confusion and require special attention to ensure they are used correctly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/gastrocoding.htm
1 Sep 2009
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https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/acpi-201407-puzzle_t1.pdf
23 Jun 2014