Practical Ways to Manage Your EHR Inbox -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - These 10 tips can help reduce your workload during and after clinic, so you can focus on what matters most.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p27.html
A Step-by-Step Time-Saving Approach to Coding Office Visits -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Follow these four steps to code quickly and accurately, while reducing the need to count up data points.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p21.html
FMLA Does Not Need to Be a Four-Letter Word -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - These tips can help you complete FMLA paperwork quickly and accurately.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p12.html
The Quest for Administrative Simplification: What's Being Done -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Progress has been made on several fronts, including prior authorization reform and reducing documentation burdens. But there’s more work to do.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p8.html
A Compassionate Communication Refresher for Clinicians Experiencing COVID Fatigue -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - If the stress of the pandemic has challenged your patient communication skills, here’s how you can reestablish rapport.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/oa1.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul-Aug 2021 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Staff documentation of the patient history | Modifiers for multiple procedures | Counting data for medical decision making | AWV work by medical assistants | What counts when ordering and reviewing tests
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p32.html
Resetting Your Priorities in Family Medicine Post-Pandemic -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - What if we stopped saying yes to new demands and reallocated our time based on our priorities? This three-part exercise can help.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p38.html
Prioritizing Primary Care Can Save the U.S. Health Care System -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Payers are being asked to commit to a change in primary care financing in the next two years.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p6.html
Talking About Vaccines During Pregnancy -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Immunization is a vital component of prenatal care, offering protection from preventable diseases to patients who are pregnant and their fetuses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends immunizing every patient ...
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p17.html
Practice Pearls - Jul-Aug 2021 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Use dedicated staff to ease prior authorizations | Leverage your EHR to save time on drug recalls | Use reminder slips to simplify follow-up appointment scheduling
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p34.html
Addressing Administrative Simplification -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Physicians are spending too much time on paperwork and EHR-related tasks, but what can be done?
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p5.html
CMS releases 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule and QPP proposals -- FPM
The proposed rule has implications for telehealth, vaccine administration payment, and work RVUs, among other things.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/2022_mpfs_proposal.html
Interest in Nutrition Spurred FP to Research Path
Family physician Lauren Ciszak, M.D., turned her longstanding interest in nutrition into a clinical research project that could improve patients’ physical and emotional well-being.
AAFP News : Family Doc Focus
https://www.aafp.org/news/family-doc-focus/20210726fdf-ciszak.html
Here’s how to find out if you’re a 2021 qualifying participant for Medicare’s ...
CMS updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool this month based on the first snapshot of 2021 Alternative Payment Model data.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/2021_qualifying_participants.html
What We’re Telling Congress To Do About Medical School Debt
AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Stephanie Quinn writes in the In the Trenches Blog that the AAFP recently reminded lawmakers how forgiving medical school debt is an achievable way to strengthen the physician workforce and improve health equity.
AAFP News : In the Trenches : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20210723itt-debt.html
DPC and COVID: Looking Back as We Move Forward
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over, but as we ease back into the pre-pandemic rhythm of working, seeing family and cautiously exploring public spaces, it seems only natural to take a step back and reflect on what the past year and a half have brought us. In this Fresh Perspectives blog ...
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20210722fp-dpccovid.html
CME Program Aims at Immunization Rates in Black Communities
The AAFP, through a cooperative agreement with the CDC, has unveiled a comprehensive CME program designed to increase adult immunization rates among African American patients.
AAFP News : CME
https://www.aafp.org/news/education-professional-development/20210722immcme.html
10 tips for managing your EHR inbox -- FPM
For every hour physicians spend providing direct patient care, they spend nearly two hours on EHR and desk work within the clinic day, plus one to two hours after clinic. Here's how to save some time.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/ehr_inbox_tips.html
AAFP COVID-19 CME Webinar Series On Demand
Watch AAFP’s CME webinar series on COVID-19 anytime, anywhere on demand. Get the latest clinical topic updates and perspectives with the ongoing pandemic crisis.
CME : All CME Products
https://www.aafp.org/cme/all/covid-19/webinar-series-on-demand.html
Why you may not have seen a pay increase from the 2021 E/M code revaluation -- FPM
Given the significant increases in wRVUs for E/M services, many primary care physicians have been asking, Why hasn’t my pay increased? There are two main factors to consider.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/primary_care_pay_revaluation.html
Closing the Gaps on Health Disparities
FMX speaker Andrea Westby, M.D., is challenging race-based clinical practices and working to diversify the family medicine workforce.
AAFP News : Family Doc Focus
https://www.aafp.org/news/family-doc-focus/20210720fdf-westby.html
Three areas where progress is being made on administrative simplification -- FPM
Administrative tasks take up too much of family physicians’ time, but efforts are underway to streamline burdensome processes.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/administrative_simplification_progress.html
FMX Product Theaters | MedTalks
Become an AAFP Family Medicine Experience (FMX) Exhibitor. September 28-October 2, 2021.
Events : FMX 2021
https://www.aafp.org/events/fmx/exhibitors/product-theaters.html
New CME Helps Family Physicians Fight Imposter Syndrome
A new, member-exclusive CME activity on overcoming imposter syndrome aims to support family physicians who are underrepresented in medicine.
AAFP News : CME
https://www.aafp.org/news/education-professional-development/20210719impostercme.html
How to use today’s visit to plan for the next one -- FPM
Pre-visit planning is a way to ensure that your patients get the tests they need, and you get the results you need, before their next visit.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/previsit_plan.html