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  • FEATURES

    Assembling Your AI Toolkit in Family Medicine

    KARIM HANNA

    This curated list of AI tools that save time and support evidence-based decisions offers a solid starting point for building your own AI toolkit.

    Tips for Easing Prior Authorization for Sleep Studies

    ADRIENNE PARAD, LILI POON

    With sleep apnea on the rise, more patients can benefit from sleep studies, and properly trained office staff can help minimize the risk of denials.

    Better Together: What Physicians and Administrators Need From Each Other

    MARK H. GREENAWALD, JASON E. MARKER

    To create thriving practices and organizations, we must resist the “us vs. them” narrative and pursue real collaboration. Here's what that looks like.

    How to Make Your Office More Efficient and Effective: Three Areas for Workflow Improvement

    JAMES G. LODOLCE

    These strategies can decrease the amount of time lost to message management, EHR notes, and patient scheduling issues.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    Improving Access to Primary Care: Most “Solutions” Get It Wrong

    JAMES DOMDERA

    Health systems are desperate for a solution, so let's remind them of a proven one — us.

    OPINION

    Why Family Physicians Are Still Needed in the Emergency Department

    LAWRENCE LEBLOND, LESLIE MUKAU, W. ANTHONY GERARD

    Problematic policies that increasingly exclude family physicians from emergency departments are contributing to shortages in rural areas and, ironically, accelerating the use of NPs and PAs in these settings.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Coding & Documentation

    CINDY HUGHES

    Billing for multidisciplinary meeting time | Cardiovascular disease risk management with tobacco cessation counseling | Consulting a subspecialist via EHR | Psychological testing with E/M for post-concussion symptoms

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Practice Pearls

    JENNIFER CORLISS, BRITTNEY ANDERSON, RAVI SHAH

    Allocate holiday time off fairly | Have a morning huddle | Don't rely solely on self-reporting when diagnosing adult ADHD

    THE LAST WORD

    You Deserve Kindness Too: Self-Compassion for Physicians

    TIMOTHY D. RILEY, BETTINA APRILE, JULIE A. RADICO

    What if we treated ourselves with the same compassion we extend to others?

    SPONSORED CONTENT

    The AAFP Advocates Against Payer Downcoding Policies and For Improved Primary Care Payment

    HANNAH LUETKE-STAHLMAN, BRENNAN CANTRELL, KAREN JOHNSON

    The AAFP strongly opposes downcoding policies that automatically lower E/M codes based solely on diagnosis, arguing that they ignore CPT guidelines and undervalue the complexity of family medicine.



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