Treating Opioid Use Disorder as a Chronic Condition
...99213 Office of outpatient visit, established patient, level 3 99214 Office of outpatient visit, established patient, level 4 99215 Office of outpatient visit, established patient, level 5 99408 Non-covered by Medicare Alcohol and/or substance abuse screening with brief...
Patient Care
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/patient_care/pain_management/OUD-Chronic-Condition.pdf
Trouble at the Money/Medicine Interface -- FPM
Jun 1, 2003 - Argues that the reimbursement system's misalignment of incentives makes the health care system absurdly complicated and points to two articles in this issue as evidence.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0600/p8.html
Understanding When to Use the New Patient E/M Codes
...99213 Expanded problem-focused Expanded problem-focused Low 15 99214 Detailed Detailed Moderate 25 99215 Comprehensive Comprehensive High 40 Two of the three key components must be met DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW- AND ESTABLISHED-PATIENT OFFICE VISITS...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0900/fpm20030900p33-rt2.pdf
Understanding When to Use the New Patient E/M Codes -- FPM
Sep 1, 2003 - Even an old patient can be new.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0900/p33.html
Understanding Your Medical Bills
...Ellis J 1/13/04 99213 90471 90669 36415 60.00 10.00 90.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 .00 10.00 90.00 .00 NC NC 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 COLUMN TOTALS 185.00 15.00 100.00 15.00 55.00 ADJUSTED BECAUSE OF OTHER INSURANCE .00 NET PAYABLE 55.00...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0300/fpm20040300p31-rt1.pdf
Using Peer Review for Self-Audits of Medical Record Documentation -- FPM
Apr 1, 2000 - You might be surprised at how much doctors can help one another improve in coding and documentation.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0400/p28.html
Virtual Office Visits: A Reachable and Reimbursable Innovation -- FPM
Oct 1, 2007 - They're convenient, they're efficient, and for a growing number of physicians, they pay.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/1000/p20.html
What Every Physician Should Know About the RUC -- FPM
Feb 1, 2008 - A small group of physicians has a big say in what you get paid.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0200/p36.html
What's your coding profile? -- FPM
Comparing your E/M coding distribution with national benchmarks will help you identify aberrant coding patterns and make adjustments before they raise a red flag with payers or cost your practice money.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/whats_your_coding_profile.html
Why It's Time to Purchase an Electronic Health Record System -- FPM
Dec 1, 2004 - The old reasons for holding off may have lost their validity.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1100/p43.html
Why It’s Time to Purchase an Electronic Health Record System -- Family Practice Management
...group, docu- mented a substantial overall increase in the appropriate use of 99214 codes for visits that would previously have been coded 99213, approximately one year after implementing E L E C T R O N I C R E C O R D S You can use the worksheet below to estimate the net...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1100/fpm20041100p43.pdf
Why the Medicare Fee Schedule and RVUs Matter to Employed Family Physicians -- FPM
Jun 1, 2010 - When Medicare payments are cut, everybody loses, not just self-employed physicians.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0500/p7.html