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An indexed, peer-reviewed journal of the AAFP | Practical ideas for improving practice, enhancing the patient experience, and developing a rewarding career

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The latest Coding & Documentation includes:
• Compliance programs for small practices
• Tuberculosis skin test
• Hospital care for patient with infectious disease
• G2211 with advance care planning
• Remote physiologic monitoring time requirements https://t.co/bYkE1vlqfs

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EHRs took some of the human touch out of medicine. AI may help us get it back. https://t.co/ntnDW4kPqb

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Common practices such as pre-charting and using templates can help plaintiffs’ attorneys paint you in a negative light if not done carefully. Here’s how to make the chart your ally rather than the plaintiff’s best witness. https://t.co/bI2VvLcGMQ

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Highlights from our latest issue: How to Keep the Chart From Becoming the Plaintiff’s Best Witness | Tips for AI Clinical Searches | Addressing Patient Loneliness | Fourth-Trimester Care Tools | Coding Q&As https://t.co/aI4LRbUeR8

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DPC Right Out of Residency? It’s Possible:
Many of these startup tips also apply to veteran physicians contemplating direct primary care. https://t.co/jOlr3IIQAC

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Modifier 25 is commonly used to bill for significant, separate services provided at the same office visit. But other coding modifiers can also be useful for ensuring payers appropriately compensate you. https://t.co/SBUzrS9AqP

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MAHA ELEVATE’s Initial Deadline Coming Soon:
Letters of intent for new federal grants for providing functional or lifestyle medicine services are due April 10. https://t.co/QYGZwnPZWS

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What Does Verdi's Requiem Have to Do With Family Medicine?
Perhaps we need a requiem to help us grieve our losses — and hope for something better. https://t.co/qDAeu1gB6H

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The letter-of-intent deadline is approaching for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) new Making America Healthy Again Enhancing Lifestyle & Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence (MAHA ELEVATE) model. https://t.co/QYGZwnPZWS

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Decisions about screening, prevention, and treatment should be based on the results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or systematic reviews of RCTs. But studies often report relative risks, which can be misleading. Enter the ARR and NNT. https://t.co/x1fgV5cYdf

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The latest issue of FPM is now available: Understanding the Results of Randomized Controlled Trials, Modifiers That Can Enhance Payment, Caring for Highly Manipulative Patients, Preparing Your Practice for Internet and Power Outages. https://t.co/CpV4BLkJ7s

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The latest edition of FPM's Practice Pearls includes:
• Use recent QI projects to meet certification requirements
• Ask about procedures when job hunting
• Position patients properly for BP measurement
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The latest edition of FPM's Coding & Documentation includes info on:
• Visits for excess weight only
• Reporting hyperglycemia with prediabetes
• Hypertensive heart disease with cardiomegaly counseling
• Billing an office visit after TCM denial
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Primary care physicians are key to helping patients achieve optimal health — but system-driven burnout has repeatedly been identified as a major obstacle. Waiting for administrators to fix the system is one strategy, but perhaps there’s a better one. https://t.co/XYa6RY8Ge1

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To make the process of writing recommendation letters less drudgerous and help your letters stand out, follow these do’s and don’ts. https://t.co/mnQeO9957f

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Training and skills don’t guarantee hospital privileges, unfortunately, but using these 10 tactics can help. https://t.co/LZ3kUxd972

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When Medicare patients are scheduled for a visit with their physician, offer a same-day annual wellness visit (AWV) with an RN. This co-visit model increases AWV completion rates, leading to better preventive care and better quality metrics. https://t.co/sznnx8VXGW

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This brief overview describes who might be interested in each of the payment models that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation is rolling out. https://t.co/WtDzF1nB6d

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Toggling between clinical and administrative roles can cause cognitive overload, but practical tools such as time blocking can help. https://t.co/yKAPJaoECV

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Physicians are getting a 3.77% pay bump from Medicare (with a caveat), G2211 is slightly expanded, G0136 has a new definition, and virtual direct supervision is now allowed for most incident-to services — among other key changes. https://t.co/3nU8xtyDZl