FPM Toolbox -- Forms, Checklists, and Surveys
May 4, 2020 - Download more than 200 free practice improvement tools - from coding cheat sheets to encounter forms to Medicare annual wellness visit resources.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolBox.htm
FPM Toolbox -- Forms, Checklists, and Surveys
May 4, 2020 - Download more than 200 free practice improvement tools - from coding cheat sheets to encounter forms to Medicare annual wellness visit resources.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolBox.htm?cmpid=_van_194
FPM Toolbox -- Forms, Checklists, and Surveys
May 4, 2020 - Download more than 200 free practice improvement tools - from coding cheat sheets to encounter forms to Medicare annual wellness visit resources.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolBox.htm?cmpid=_van_686
FPM Toolbox -- Forms, Checklists, and Surveys
May 4, 2020 - Download more than 200 free practice improvement tools - from coding cheat sheets to encounter forms to Medicare annual wellness visit resources.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolBox.htm?cmpid=_van_195
Encounter Forms -- FPM Toolbox
May 4, 2020 - Download encounter forms to help ensure accurate documentation for asthma, diabetes, hypertension, and other conditions common in primary care.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox : Encounter Forms
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolType.htm?toolTypeId=12
Life Balance -- FPM Toolbox
Apr 27, 2020 - Download tools to help you manage your time and prevent burnout.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox : Life Balance
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolType.htm?toolTypeId=18
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) -- FPM Topic Collection
Mar 30, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. The ...
- Audio Content Available
- Virtual Visits During COVID-19
- Patient Care
- Coding & Payment
- Advocacy
- Physician Wellness
- Other Resources
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=113
Topic Collections -- FPM
Nov 11, 2020 - FPM editors' choice of best available content for family physicians.
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewAll.htm
Physician Leadership -- FPM Topic Collection
Nov 11, 2020 - Physician leadership is more important now than ever before. Here are the skills you need to be an effective leader at any level in your organization. Physician leadership is more important now than ever before. Here are the skills you need to be an effective leader at any level in your...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=118
Care Management -- FPM Topic Collection
Aug 19, 2020 - Care management activities facilitate coordinated patient care across the health care system, leading to increased patient satisfaction, improved outcomes, and reduced costs through avoidance of unnecessary hospital and emergency department utilization. Care management activities ...
- Risk stratification
- Panel management
- Population management
- Transitional care management
- Medication management and adherence
- Care planning
- Chronic care management
- Community resources
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=115
Administrative Simplification -- FPM Topic Collection
Feb 13, 2020 - The documentation, paperwork, and quality reporting burden on physicians is immense. What can physicians do to reduce their administrative hassles, and what are organizations doing on their behalf? This FPM topic collection explores these issues. The documentation, paperwork, and ...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=112
The 2021 Office Visit Coding Changes: Putting the Pieces Together -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - Simplified guidelines for coding and documenting evaluation and management office visits are coming next year. Learn how to apply the guidelines to some common visit types.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p6.html
Virtual Visits -- FPM Topic Collection
Sep 10, 2020 - Advertisement Topic Collection Virtual Visits Editors' Choice of Best Available Content Categories Virtual Visits Virtual Visits During COVID-19 Other Resources Last Update: 09/10/2020 Virtual Visits 08/01/2015 Should You Treat Patients Virtually?...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=116
Compensation & Productivity -- FPM Topic Collection
Nov 11, 2020 - Advertisement Topic Collection Compensation & Productivity Editors' Choice of Best Available Content Categories Productivity Compensation and Incentives Productivity 04/01/2020 Panel Size Is Just a Number: A Rubric for Opening and Closing Panels...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=119
Health Equity, Diversity, and Social Determinants of Health -- FPM Topic Collection
Jun 29, 2020 - Advertisement Topic Collection Health Equity, Diversity, and Social Determinants of Health Editors' Choice of Best Available Content Categories Addressing Discrimination Social Determinants of Health Cultural Competence Other Resources Addressing...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=114
Practice Finances -- FPM Topic Collection
Nov 11, 2020 - Advertisement Topic Collection Practice Finances Editors' Choice of Best Available Content Categories Financial Issues Financial Issues 04/01/2010 The 12-Step Way to Reduce Practice Expenses: Part 1, Staffing Efficiencies 06/01/2010 The 12-Step Way to...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=120
Countdown to the E/M Coding Changes -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - The biggest changes in coding since 1997 will take effect Jan. 1, 2021. It is time to prepare for them now.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p29.html
Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Practical Guide for Primary Care -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - Ultrasound has head-to-toe applications for primary care, and the newest machines are portable and affordable enough to fit into almost any practice.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p33.html
Coding & Documentation - Sep-Oct 2020 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - Coding for COVID-19 when testing isn't available | Diagnosis codes for recovered patients| Coding symptoms that linger | Diagnosis codes for antibody testing| CPT codes for antigen testing
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p41.html
Understanding and Improving Risk Adjustment in Team-Based Care -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - 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.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p29.html
Coding & Documentation - May-Jun 2020 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2020 - Mental health screenings | Reporting multiple management services | Transferring paper notes to the medical record
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0500/p31.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul-Aug 2020 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Lab tests requiring modifier QW | Newborn: new patient or not? | Shared services for new patients | Coding sex-specific services for transgender patients | Pacemaker due to sick sinus syndrome
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p36.html
Tobacco Cessation Telehealth Guide -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - 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.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p13.html
Incorporating Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Into Practice -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - 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.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p41.html
What Can a Scribe Do for You? -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - Evidence suggests that documentation support provided by scribes can help relieve physician burnout and increase practice productivity.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p17.html
Improving Physician Well-Being Through Organizational Change -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - Wellness Wednesdays and yoga breaks aren’t sufficient. Here’s how health care organizations can begin to address physician well-being.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p23.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov-Dec 2020 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - Suspected exposure to communicable disease | Diabetes type 1.5 | Remote patient monitoring | Tetanus immunization due to injury | Performing venipuncture on a child
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p45.html
Creating Intentional Professional Connections to Reduce Loneliness, Isolation, and ...
Oct 1, 2020 - Pretending we have it together and can do it all on our own is the fastest way to professional isolation and burnout. Fortunately, there’s a better way.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p20.html
The 2020 Medicare Documentation, Coding, and Payment Update -- FPM
Feb 1, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is trying to make Medicare documentation less burdensome and planning more changes that should result in a pay raise for family physicians in the future.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0100/p8.html
What Primary Care Physicians Want for Christmas -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - Dear Santa, all we want is some help to do our jobs.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p52.html
Practice Pearls - Nov-Dec 2020 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - Ask three questions before using race-based clinical algorithms | What to do when a patient makes a discriminatory remark | Address inequity by supporting Black-owned businesses
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p47.html
Ten EHR Strategies for Efficient Documentation -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Applying even one of these 10 strategies can help you reduce frustration, improve productivity, and get home earlier.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p5.html
Patient Advocacy: Family Medicine's Founding Principle, and Still Its North Star -- FPM
Dec 1, 2020 - The pandemic and protests have underscored family physicians’ enduring role as a voice for patients in and out of the clinic.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/1100/p5.html
Racism in Health Care: Creating a More Equitable Health Care Experience -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - Imagine how it would feel to walk into a doctor’s office and see that everyone else looks different from you.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p3.html
Emotional Intelligence: Five Ways to Have Better Interactions and Improve Your Work ...
Oct 1, 2020 - These simple tools can help you respond effectively when you feel emotionally hijacked by difficult people or circumstances.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p9.html
Building an Outdoor Urgent Care Clinic During a Pandemic: One Clinic's Experience -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - When an infectious disease outbreak strikes, an outdoor clinic can reduce the risk of transmission and conserve personal protective equipment.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p14.html
Practice Pearls - Sep-Oct 2020 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - Provide patient letters describing the diagnosis rather than the need for accommodation |Reduce pain of deltoid injection | Test your staff's phone etiquette by calling your own office |Prevent staff burnout due to COVID-19
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p43.html
Coding Level 4 Office Visits Using the New E/M Guidelines -- FPM
Feb 1, 2021 - Determining whether the visit you’ve just finished should be coded as a level 4 could be as simple as asking yourself three questions.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p27.html
Operationalizing Virtual Visits During a Public Health Emergency -- FPM
Jun 1, 2020 - Providing options for remote access to care can keep your practice running and your patients healthy when an infectious disease outbreak prevents you from seeing them in person.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0500/p5.html
How to Handle Misinformation in the Age of Dr. Google -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - Sometimes the medical information patients find on the internet is correct. But when it’s not, we need to practice a new skillset.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p48.html
Keys to High-Quality, Low-Cost Care: Empanelment, Attribution, and Risk Stratification ...
Oct 1, 2020 - Understand attribution and alignment methodologies in VBP arrangements to know which patients are assigned to you. Use empanelment and risk stratification to better understand where to expend a practice's care management and care coordination resources.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p37.html
Developing Your Professional Career Plan -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - The key to a fulfilling career is to know what’s important to you - from your mission, identity, and direction to family, fun, and finances - and then pursue that.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p21.html
Transitioning to Direct Primary Care -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Imagine practicing medicine without all the administrative burdens related to billing insurance. Here’s how one physician made the switch.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p29.html
Managing a Telephone Encounter: Five Tips for Effective Communication -- FPM
Jun 1, 2020 - Doctoring by phone is a skill I never thought I’d have to learn.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0500/p4.html
Understanding Value-Based Payment: A Primer for Family Physicians -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - 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.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p25.html
Two Habits of a Healthy Team: Managing Conflict and Practicing Gratitude -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Most teams try to avoid conflict, yet can’t stop focusing on the negative. Healthy teams do the opposite.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p11.html
Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2020 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2020 - Vaping-related illness | Billing Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries | Electrocardiogram recorded by a Holter monitor | Lung function tests
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0100/p33.html
Ten Tips for Cultivating Patience During Uncertain Times -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - It’s easy to feel impatient with ourselves and others these days. But research suggests impatience can be bad for our health. Here’s a better way to respond.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p43.html
Implementing Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Primary Care Practice -- FPM
Jun 1, 2020 - In-office blood pressure readings are often inaccurate or insufficient. Here’s a way to get a better picture of how your patients are doing and get paid for it.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0500/p19.html
Practice Pearls - Jul-Aug 2020 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Use EHR sticky notes to connect with patients personally | Talking your team through a crisis | Get credit for pre- and post-exam work
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p38.html
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