The previous flu season saw significant racial and ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination rates. Family physicians can be instrumental in closing those gaps this season. 11/23
This supplement describes key advocacy efforts as well as techniques, technologies, and transformations to help reduce your prior authorization burden without compromising patient care. 11/23
The CDC now recommends universal hepatitis B vaccination for any individual from infancy through 59 years as well as vaccination for older adults with risk factors. 9/23
This supplement explores the new HepB recommendations, the FDA-approved vaccines, and barriers to vaccine uptake. 9/23
New bivalent mRNA vaccines should now be used for all doses in all age groups, including primary series and booster doses. 7/23
This is the first supplement in a series highlighting innovations to relieve physicians’ administrative burden. 7/23
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States, with approximately one in five deaths due to CVD. Though the mortality rate is decreasing, racial disparities in outcomes have persisted. 3/23
This new reporting option is intended to reduce burden, connect measures and activities across the four performance categories, capture the patient voice, and move toward higher-value care. 3/23
Part two of this two-part supplement series includes communication strategies for overcoming vaccine myths, misinformation, and barriers. 11/22
Explore physician employment contract terms, advice on specific provisions, and dispute resolution information before signing a contract. 9/22
Achieving the Quadruple Aim requires physician leadership, particularly the ability to lead by influencing others and implementing positive changes in your practice and community. 9/22
This supplement shares data from the CDC-funded American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Office Champions Project and describes the impact alcohol SBI made on patient care. 7/22
Part one of this two-part supplement series highlights QI processes to reduce vaccine disparities, identifies recommended adult vaccines, and discusses their importance among racial and ethnic minority communities. 5/22
Learn how family physicians are using the person-centered primary care measure and get tips for how to implement it in your practice. 5/22
Explore what the person-centered primary care measure is and its importance in making quality measurement meaningful. 3/22
This guide provides information about physician employment contracts by defining common terms, offering advice about specific provisions, and providing key steps to follow before signing a contract. 9/21
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends immunizing every patient who is pregnant during their third trimester with tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine and providing influenza vaccine to all patients who are pregnant during the flu season. 7/21
Identify opportunities to integrate behavioral health into clinical practice to improve quality and reduce cost for patients with mental and behavioral health needs. Explore how providing home-based primary care can improve outcomes and reduce utilization. 5/21
Explore how care management and coordination can improve quality and reduce unnecessary utilization for success in value-based payment arrangements with all payers. 3/21
Smoking cessation counseling and pharmacotherapy options are cost-effective ways to help patients quit smoking. Learn the role telehealth can play in your practice’s efforts, along with billing, coding, and documentation tips. 11/20
Understand the basics of risk adjustment and how it is used in value-based payment (VBP) arrangements. Learn strategies to thrive in VBP and risk-adjustment models to optimize payment while providing high-quality patient care. 11/20
Incorporating alcohol screening and brief intervention benefits your patients and family medicine practice. Follow these steps to reduce risky alcohol use by choosing a screening test, establishing a practice workflow, and appropriately coding and billing. 11/20
The current increase in vaccine hesitancy calls for an urgent commitment to discuss the evidence-based benefits of vaccination with pregnant women. 9/20
Understand attribution and alignment methodologies in value-based payment arrangements to know which patients are assigned to you. Use empanelment and risk stratification to better understand where to expend your practice's care management and care coordination resources. 9/20
Public and private payers are transitioning away from fee-for-service and emphasizing value-based payment models. This supplement from the American Academy of Family Physicians describes what you need to know about the transition and how it may affect you and your practice. 7/20
This supplement from the American Academy of Family Physicians shares learnings from state chapter quality improvement initiatives designed to increase adult pneumococcal vaccination rates. 7/20
Use this checklist to assess your practice's readiness to participate in this new payment model from Medicare. 1/20
Strategies to improve your adolescent patients' immunizations. 7/19
Here's what you need to know to increase the influenza vaccination rate in your practice. 5/19
Find out how your practice's Quality Payment Program strategy will impact you. 5/18
The Adolescent Health Consortium Project has clarified clinical preventive service recommendations for adolescents and young adults. 3/18
You can get paid for advance care planning while satisfying a high-priority quality measure for MACRA. 1/18
This supplement provides examples of how the components of TCM services overlap with a variety of MIPS reporting measures. 11/17
Learn how to optimize revenue today by using this step-by-step approach to add chronic care management to your practice. 7/17
Learn how to optimize revenue today while improving Medicare quality and cost. 1/17
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This important self-management support strategy can produce quality outcomes for your patients and your practice. 5/13
Used in combination with traditional medical treatment, health coaching can help improve outcomes by getting patients more involvedd in their own health. 5/13