Search results for "Procedures"
Primary care pay increased in 2009; subspecialties were mixed
Primary care pay increased in 2009; subspecialties were mixedACGME recommends restricting first-years to 16 duty hours per day
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/1.htm
29 Jun 2010
Help ACP determine Medicare's physician service payments
ACP will invite random members to provide feedback that could influence Medicare reimbursement on services common to internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/07/practice.htm
1 Jul 2010
Changing health care from the ground up
Health care reform will play out in doctors' offices, not in Washington, D.C. Patients and physicians will determine how costs change in the upcoming years.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/07/washington.htm
1 Jul 2010
CMS defines meaningful use, ACP responds
New ethics case study on MedscapeCMENew online community launched to help with EHRs
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/20/6.htm
20 Jul 2010
Rhode Island practice adopts patient-centered medical home
A patient-centered medical home model lets one physician focus on a proactive, holistic approach of preventive care. The reward was recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/success.htm
1 Sep 2010
Claims coding edits target improper payments, errors
Knowing the ins and outs of claims coding edits speeds reimbursement, but they are tricky even for experienced office staffers. Learn how to do them properly, and what resources exist to help.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/coding.htm
1 Sep 2010
Cuba is just across the water, but medically, a different world
ACP Member Paul Drain explored Cuba's medical system and finds primary care broken down much differently than in the U.S., with more access resulting in less of a need for inpatient care. But the politics of re-establishing relations with the country are no less tenuous today than they've previously been.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/cuba.htm
1 Sep 2010
Targeting rural health scholars keeps doctors in Kansas
Small-town practice has appeal to physicians who were born and raised in such communities. The Scholars in Rural Health program seeks to expose medical students to underserved areas, nurture a desire to practice primary care and offer incentives such as loan forgiveness.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/kansas.htm
1 Sep 2010
ACP supports Saudi physicians upholding medical ethics
The American College of Physicians and Physicians for Human Rights sent a letter to the Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia in support for Saudi physicians and hospitals who have refused to intentionally inflict a spinal cord injury in retribution for an alleged attack that resulted in another person's paralysis. “Consistent with the principle of nonmaleficence,” the letter states, “in medical ethics—to do no harm—we are confident that the use of medical facilities, procedures and personnel to maim human beings is, under all circumstances including the punishment of convicted criminals, abhorrent to physicians everywhere.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/10.htm
14 Sep 2010
Preprocedural statins reduce risk of postprocedure cardiovascular events
Tiotropium improves asthma symptoms as well as salmeterol
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/28/5.htm
28 Sep 2010