Search Results for team-based care -- AAFP

Letters - Mar-Apr 2011 -- FPM

Apr 1, 2011 - ...Technology Tools and Trends for Better Patient Care: Beyond the EHR Lessons From the Road to EHR Usability Editor's Collections Electronic Health Records Related Topic Searches Electronic health records MOST RECENT ISSUE Jan-Feb 2021 Access the latest issue of...

Family Practice Management : Letters

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0300/p8.html

Improving the Delivery of Preventive Services to Children - Editorials - American ...

Mar 15, 2011 - How should a busy family physician approach well-child visits and the delivery of preventive services to children? Although there is a lack of robust patient-oriented evidence that addresses this question, several interventions improve the delivery of preventive services to children.

American Family Physician : Editorials

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0315/p659.html

A Microcosm of the Health Care 'System' -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - Should a patient ask you what's wrong with health care today, where do you start?

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p3.html

CPT Update for 2011: Immunizations, Observations and More -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - Changes include new codes for pediatric vaccine administration and subsequent hospital observation care.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p5.html

Integrating a Behavioral Health Specialist Into Your Practice -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - Close collaboration may be the best solution for your patients and your practice.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p18.html

What You Need to Know About the Medicare Preventive Services Expansion -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - This guidance and our downloadable tools will make the new rules easier to implement.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p22.html

Should Your Practice Participate in a Quality-Reporting Program? -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - To answer this question, you must balance anticipated costs with potential gains.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p9.html

Letters - Jan-Feb 2011 -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - ...and health care systems Fam Pract Manag. 2011 Jan-Feb;18(1):4. I read with interest Dr. David Kibbe's article PCMH and ACO: Opposed or Mutually Supportive? [November/December 2010] on the potential for patient-centered medical home (PCMH) embodiments within accountable care...

Family Practice Management : Letters

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p4.html

Practice Pearls - Jan-Feb 2011 -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - ...most medications have narrow dosing regimens, so accurately transfer them to prescriptions. Specifying your directions will reinforce your care plan and help the pharmacist counsel your patients. Call about unpaid claims To get claims paid, some office managers take the approach of...

Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p27.html

The 2011 FPM Survey of User Satisfaction With EHR Systems -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - The survey instrument for the 2011 FPM survey of physician satisfaction with EHR systems, fielded in the form of an article in the January/February 2011 issue.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p15.html

The Efficiencies of Meandering -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - Could being productive really be so effortless?

Family Practice Management : The Last Word

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p32.html

Letters - Jan-Feb 2011 -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - ...Chronic Disease Care Related Topic Searches Pain Risk management Clinical process improvement MOST RECENT ISSUE Jan-Feb 2021 Access the latest issue of FPM journal Read the Issue FPM E-Newsletter Sign up to receive FPM's free, weekly e-newsletter, "Quick...

Family Practice Management : Letters

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p4a.html

Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2011 -- FPM

Feb 1, 2011 - ...Risk Adjustment in Team-Based Care 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. Incorporating...

Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0100/p26.html

AAFP News - Jan 15, 2011 - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2011 - Selected policy and health issues news briefs from AAFP News Now.

American Family Physician : AAFP News: AFP Edition

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0115/p113.html

AAFP News - Dec 15, 2010 - American Family Physician

Dec 15, 2010 - Selected policy and health issues news briefs from AAFP News Now.

American Family Physician : AAFP News: AFP Edition

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/1215/p1437.html

Frontotemporal Dementia: A Review for Primary Care Physicians - American Family Physician

Dec 1, 2010 - Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the most common forms of dementia in persons younger than 65 years. Variants include behavioral variant FTD, semantic dementia, and progressive nonfluent aphasia. Behavioral and language manifestations are core features of FTD, and patients have ...

American Family Physician : Article

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/1201/p1372.html

The PCMH and ACO: Opposed or Mutually Supportive? -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - The medical home and the accountable care organization need each other.

Family Practice Management : Opinion

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p6.html

Before You Sign That Office Lease -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - Here's what to look for - and what to avoid.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p17.html

A Proactive Approach to Controlled Substance Refills -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - Using the recurring-calendar-event function in Microsoft Outlook, this practice created a systematic approach that ensures patient refills on the day they're due.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p22.html

Addressing Common Inefficiencies in Office Practice -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - A well-organized workflow will save you time, money and aggravation.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p28.html

Coding & Documentation - Nov-Dec 2010 -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - ...Site of service for initial hospital care Billing separate services for OB patients Anticoagulation management Q If a patient comes to my office, has an INR drawn and reviewed by a provider, and sees a nurse for instructions, can we bill a 99211? A First, this depends on whether the...

Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p33.html

Letters - Nov-Dec 2010 -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - ...Consider forming a therapeutics committee, composed primarily of practicing primary care physicians, an emergency physician, an allergist, a hospitalist and a pharmacist, for your IPA. Gather data from your IPA as to what drugs are the major cost drivers for the IPA or for a...

Family Practice Management : Letters

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p8.html

What a Patient's Numbers Don't Tell -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - Sometimes, what matters most is how far a patient has come.

Family Practice Management : The Last Word

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p44.html

Successful EHR Implementations: Attitude Is Everything -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - Commitment to success, engagement from all concerned and a shared interest in continuing improvement can take you far.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p9.html

Practice Pearls - Nov-Dec 2010 -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - ...Practice Pearls presents readers' advice on practice operations and patient care, along with tips drawn from the literature. Send us your best pearl (250 words of less), and you'll earn $50 if we publish it. We also welcome questions for our QandA section. Send pearls, questions,...

Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p40.html

Escaping Inefficiency -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - For the unwary, inefficiency can become a way of life.

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p5.html

Letters - Nov-Dec 2010 -- FPM

Dec 1, 2010 - ...Risk Adjustment in Team-Based Care 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. Incorporating...

Family Practice Management : Letters

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p8a.html

Screening for Depression in Adults: Recommendation Statement - U.S. Preventive Services...

Oct 15, 2010 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening adults for depression when staff-assisted depression care supports are in place to assure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and follow-up.

American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/1015/p976.html

Five Ways to Improve Access to Care -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - If we fail at access, we fail at the most fundamental piece of the relationship.

Family Practice Management : The Last Word

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p48.html

Health Coaching for Patients With Chronic Illness -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - Does your practice give patients a fish or teach patients to fish?

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p24.html

The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Still a Work in Progress -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - Pilot projects are producing encouraging results as well as new challenges.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p30.html

A Physician's Guide to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: The Basics -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - With the changes made in the final rule, earning the EHR incentives is still not easy, but at least it's easier.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p17.html

Coding & Documentation - Sep-Oct 2010 -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - ...99212–99215 since the patient is established). If the service is performed in the inpatient setting, an initial or subsequent hospital care code (99221–99223 or 99231–99233) should be used. Continue to follow CPT instructions for reporting consultation services for patients whose...

Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p36.html

Practice Pearls - Sep-Oct 2010 -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - ...each other in the office. Medical assistants can work on other tasks until a physician or other staff member calls them to help with patient care or another duty. The front-desk staff can also call any staff member to inform them of urgent messages or important phone calls that are...

Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p43.html

Letters - Sep-Oct 2010 -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - ...new, final meaningful-use rules will undoubtedly promote more standardization in EHR use. While this will certainly promote better quality care, further erosion in user satisfaction could be a result. Kenneth G. Adler, MD, MMM Tucson, Ariz. Read the full article. Get immediate...

Family Practice Management : Letters

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p9.html

ICD-9 Update 2011: Approaching the Change to ICD-10 -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - It's that time again, but this ICD-9 update is almost the last.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p15.html

Translating Learning Into Practice -- FPM

Oct 1, 2010 - With the Translation to Practice pilot, the extra-credit assignment comes to CME.

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p8.html

Strategies for Reducing Costs in Your Medical Community: The Grand Junction Experience ...

Aug 1, 2010 - With the right data, primary care physicians can help reduce costs while improving quality.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p16.html

Thinking on Paper: Documenting Decision Making -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - The third article in our series on Medicare's documentation guidelines will help you determine whether what's on your mind is what's on the patient's record.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p10.html

Coding & Documentation - Jul-Aug 2010 -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - ...Preventive care visit + procedure? 23-hour observation stay Defining new patients in a group practice Preventive care visit + procedure? Q Can I add modifier 25 to my preventive visit code if I perform another procedure the same day, such as an electrocardiogram? A Unless your payer...

Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p33.html

Practice Pearls - Jul-Aug 2010 -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - ...of confirming that I've understood their story. Often patients are surprised by the amount of listening and thinking that goes into their care. Dictating with the patient is also a means of reinforcing the plan. Although I was a little reluctant to do this at first because I felt...

Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p36.html

Is Your Medicare Payer Playing by the Rules? -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - Don't let varying interpretations of the evaluation and management guidelines keep you from getting paid.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p27.html

Three Bright Ideas for Improving Electronic Health Record Usability -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - Don't just complain about your EHR system; help make it better.

Family Practice Management : Opinion

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p7.html

Does Your Practice Deserve an Award? -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - If you've recently made real improvements in how your practice works, you might just win one.

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p6.html

Stay Out of the "Teachers' Lounge" -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - You have to be vigilant, or the complainers will eat you alive.

Family Practice Management : The Last Word

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p40.html

EHR Satisfaction: User Characteristics Matter -- FPM

Aug 1, 2010 - How satisfied you are with your EHR system depends on more than how well it is designed, implemented and supported by the vendor.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0700/p22.html

Documentation Guidelines -- FPM Topic Collection

Jul 23, 2010 - This collection of articles from FPM will help you comply with Medicare's E/M documentation guidelines. This collection of articles from FPM will help you comply with Medicare's E/M documentation guidelines.

Family Practice Management : Topic Collections

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=52

Practice Efficiency -- FPM Topic Collection

Jul 21, 2010 - This article collection features popular FPM content on the subject of practice efficiency. This article collection features popular FPM content on the subject of practice efficiency.

Family Practice Management : Topic Collections

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=44

Physician Burnout & Work-Life Balance -- FPM Topic Collection

Jul 19, 2010 - This article collection features popular FPM content on the subject of life balance -- from finding joy in your work to blending work and family. This article collection features popular FPM content on the subject of life balance -- from finding joy in your work to blending work and ...

Family Practice Management : Topic Collections

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=43

Care Team & Staffing -- FPM Topic Collection

Jul 16, 2010 - This article collection features popular FPM content on the subjects of teamwork and staffing -- from implementing team This article collection features popular FPM content on the subjects of teamwork and staffing -- from implementing team huddles to retaining good employees.

Family Practice Management : Topic Collections

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=37