Search results for "Preventive care"
CMS considers codes for additional non-face-to-face services
New codes will allow billing for the complicated and far-reaching services that are provided as part of chronic complex care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/09/coding.htm
1 Sep 2013
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT The 2013 Medicare physician feeschedule rule changes ...
The bulk of thisincrease (3%) comes from the new transi-tional care management codes. ... For instance, commonmeasures for internal medicine relate to dia-betes or congestive heart failure manage-ment or preventive care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/acpi-201301-coding_t1.pdf
3 Jan 2013
Tool simplifies quality measure reporting
The Physician Quality Reporting System recently switched from incentive payments for adopting it to penalties for not doing so. To avoid future penalties, use ACP's registry tool, the PQRIWizard, to fulfill the requirements.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/tips.htm
1 Jan 2013
Internal medicine subspecialists, other specialty care physicians provide many primary care services
Almost 40% of medical visits for primary care services were to non-primary care physicians, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/1.htm
28 Aug 2012
Handbook offers practical guidance on preventive health records
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released a guide titled “An Interactive Preventive Care Record (IPHR): A Handbook for Using Patient-Centered Personal Health Records To Promote Prevention.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/07/6.htm
7 Aug 2012
Zoster vaccination didn't cause infection in patients on biologics
The herpes zoster vaccine reduced the incidence of herpes zoster infection in patients with immune-mediated disease, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/10/6.htm
10 Jul 2012
National Quality Forum endorses preventive care and screening measures
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has recently endorsed 19 quality measures related to preventive care and screening.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/15/11.htm
15 May 2012
New tool for Annual Wellness Visits
The Health Risk Assessment is a winning proposition for practices to incorporate into their workflow to offer patients a personalized preventive plan and specific action steps to take.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/05/tips.htm
1 May 2012
College Fellow is Navy's new surgeon general
Matthew L. Nathan, MD, FACP, oversees medicine for the Navy. Yes, his personal heroes are Vice Admiral James Stockdale and Teddy Roosevelt, but to make his way through school, he was a magician and musician.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/profile.htm
1 Mar 2012
It's tough to navigate return from cancer care to primary care
An Institute of Medicine report suggests that patients are becoming lost in transitions between oncology and primary care. Educating physicians is a key to overcoming many of the barriers.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/11/cancer.htm
1 Nov 2011