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AFP By Topic - American Family Physician

Feb 1, 2021 - Editors' Choice of Best Available Content

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

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Skin Conditions - American Family Physician

Feb 1, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on common skin conditions and related issues, including acne, dermatitis, dermatologic emergencies, generalized rash, lichen planus, nail disorders, newborn skin, office procedures, premalignant lesions, and psoriasis. This collection features AFP ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=21

Dementia - American Family Physician

Feb 1, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on dementia and related issues, including Alzheimer’s, Binswanger’s type, dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies. This collection features AFP content on dementia and related issues, including Alzheimer’s, Binswanger’s type, dementia, and dementia ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=5

Sexually Transmitted Infections - American Family Physician

Feb 1, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on sexually transmitted disease and related issues, including chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, human papillomavirus, and syphilis. This collection features AFP content on sexually transmitted disease and related issues, including chlamydia, ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=23

Pain: Chronic - American Family Physician

Feb 1, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on chronic pain and related issues, including end-of-life care, NSAIDs, and opioid therapy. This collection features AFP content on chronic pain and related issues, including end-of-life care, NSAIDs, and opioid therapy.

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=61

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

Respiratory Tract Infections - American Family Physician

Feb 1, 2021 - Advertisement AFP BY TOPIC Respiratory Tract Infections Editors' Choice of Best Available Content This collection features the best content from AFP, as identified by the AFP editors, on respiratory tract infections and related issues, including acute bronchitis, acute...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=29

The 2021 Medicare Payment and CPT Coding Update -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - This year’s changes bode well for family physicians, with an expected increase in Medicare allowed charges.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/oa1.html

Occupational Health - American Family Physician

Feb 1, 2021 - Advertisement AFP BY TOPIC Occupational Health Editors' Choice of Best Available Content This collection features the best content from AFP, as identified by the AFP editors, on occupational health, including back pain and injuries, impairment and disability evaluations,...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=89

Employment and Contract Considerations for Family Physicians in the Era of COVID-19 -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - Family physicians may encounter unfamiliar employment challenges in the short-term, but long-term job prospects remain promising.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p11.html

The Ultimate Balancing Act -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - Balancing a family and a career in medicine isn’t easy, but these tips can help.

Family Practice Management : The Last Word

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p40.html

E/M Changes for 2021: The Beginning, Not the End -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - The E/M coding revisions aren’t perfect, but they represent a huge step forward in reducing physicians’ documentation burden, audit risk, and complexity of code selection.

Family Practice Management : Opinion

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p8.html

Building Community Well-being Through Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive Reframing --...

Feb 1, 2021 - With communities facing so much unrest, here are two skills you can apply to help promote healing.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p23.html

Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2021 -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - Providing E/M services and a preventive physical | Discussing data with an external physician | Warfarin monitoring | E/M over the phone

Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p35.html

Quick, Grab the Naloxone: Overdose Preparedness for Ambulatory Clinics -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - With opioid overdoses rising, practices should consider stocking this safe rescue drug alongside other emergency devices and medications.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p17.html

Practice Pearls - Jan-Feb 2021 -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - Try this mental status exam for telehealth visits | Use personal stories to prepare patients for a COVID-19 vaccine | Send orders directly to patients' preferred labs or imaging centers

Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p36.html

Systemic Racism and Health Disparities: A Statement from Editors of Family Medicine ...

Feb 1, 2021 - Today there is a renewed call to action for family medicine to both confront systemic racism and eliminate health disparities.

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p5.html

Thank You, FPM Peer Reviewers (2020) -- FPM

Feb 1, 2021 - << The 2021 Medicare Paym ... Previous article Systemic Racism and He ... Next article >> Jan-Feb 2021 Issue FROM THE EDITOR Thank You, FPM Peer Reviewers Fam Pract Manag. 2021 Jan-Feb;28(1):4. Quality peer reviews help the FPM editors select and publish articles that are accurate,...

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0100/p4.html

Was that a level 4 E/M visit? Find the answer in just three questions -- FPM

Under-coding level 4 evaluation and management (E/M) visits is a costly mistake. The new E/M coding rules offer an easier way to code these visits and capture the value of your work.

Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home

https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/level4_emcoding.html

Cigna institutes new reimbursement policy for virtual care -- FPM

Cigna, one of the country’s largest private health insurers, has implemented a new virtual care reimbursement policy as of Jan. 1. The policy builds on billing and coding flexibilities spurred by COVID-19.

Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home

https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/cigna_virtual_reimbursement.html

Encouraging Signs in Washington for Family Medicine

There’s reason to hope that the incoming administration is ready to recognize primary care’s importance as it works to improve vaccination efforts and health care policy as a whole.

AAFP News : In the Trenches : Blogs

https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20210121itt-newadministration.html

Important MIPS deadlines approaching -- FPM

Here are some important dates and deadlines to keep in mind as you wrap up the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2020 performance year.

Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home

https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/2020_mips_deadlines.html

How the E/M code RVU increases could affect family physicians’ pay -- FPM

The relative value units (RVUs) for several key E/M codes increased on Jan. 1. Here’s how this could affect your payment rates.

Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home

https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/em_rvus.html

Hip Pain in Adults: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - Adults commonly present to their family physicians with hip pain, and diagnosing the cause is important for prescribing effective therapy. Hip pain is usually located anteriorly, laterally, or posteriorly. Anterior hip pain includes referred pain from intra-abdominal or intrapelvic ...

American Family Physician : Article

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p81.html

Dysphagia: Evaluation and Collaborative Management - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - Dysphagia is common but may be underreported. Specific symptoms, rather than their perceived location, should guide the initial evaluation and imaging. Obstructive symptoms that seem to originate in the throat or neck may actually be caused by distal esophageal lesions. Oropharyngeal ...

American Family Physician : Article

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p97.html

Labor Dystocia in Nulliparous Women - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - Dystocia (abnormally slow or protracted labor) accounts for 25% to 55% of primary cesarean deliveries. The latent phase of labor begins with onset of regular, painful contractions and continues until 6 cm of cervical dilation. Current recommendations are to avoid admission to labor and ...

American Family Physician : Article

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p90.html

Hyperlipidemia - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on hyperlipidemia and related issues, including dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, kidney disease, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, statins, and triglyceride levels. This collection features AFP content on hyperlipidemia ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=13

Musculoskeletal Care - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on musculoskeletal care and related issues, including fracture management, joint aspiration, joint injections, pain in various parts of the body (foot and ankle; neck and back; hip; knee; arm and shoulder; and wrist and hand). This collection ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=17

Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Issues - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on labor, delivery, and postpartum issues and related topics, including breastfeeding, cesarean delivery, episiotomy, labor pain management, postpartum hemorrhage, preterm labor and birth, shoulder dystocia, umbilical cord blood storage, and vaginal ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=16

Arthritis and Joint Pain - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on arthritis and joint pain, including arthritis, gout, knee osteoarthritis, monoarthritis, osteoarthritis, polyarticular joint pain, Reiter's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, and shoulder osteoarthritis. This collection features AFP...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=77

Substance Abuse - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - Advertisement AFP BY TOPIC Substance Abuse Editors' Choice of Best Available Content This collection features the best content from AFP, as identified by the AFP editors, on substance abuse and related issues, including addiction, drug dependence, and urine drug screening. New...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=27

Osteoarthritis Management: Updated Guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology...

Jan 15, 2021 - The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation guidelines reviewed the effectiveness of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for OA in the knee, hip, and hand.

American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p120.html

Fever and Rash After Travel to the Philippines - Photo Quiz - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - A patient presented with fever, headache, nausea, arthralgia, and a rash, soon after travel to the Philippines.

American Family Physician : Photo Quiz

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p113.html

COVID-19, Scoliosis, Muscle Weakness, Preterm Birth, Fecal Incontinence - AFP Clinical ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Key clinical questions and their evidence-based answers directly from the journal’s content, written by and for family physicians.

American Family Physician : AFP Clinical Answers

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p78.html

Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa) for Hyperlipidemia/Hypercholesterolemia to Reduce Risk of ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Icosapent ethyl is safe, well tolerated and effective in preventing ischemic events including stroke and heart attack.

American Family Physician : STEPS

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p117.html

Evidence Lacking to Support Universal Unhealthy Drug Use Screening - Editorials - ...

Jan 15, 2021 - To address the growing problem of unhealthy drug use, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently updated its recommendations on screening for unhealthy drug use in adults and adolescents. For the first time, the USPSTF recommends screening adults 18 years and older by ...

American Family Physician : Editorials

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p72.html

Screening for Unhealthy Drug Use: Recommendation Statement - U.S. Preventive Services ...

Jan 15, 2021 - The USPSTF recommends screening by asking questions about unhealthy drug use in adults age 18 years or older. Screening should be implemented when services for accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and appropriate care can be offered or referred.

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

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p107.html

Antepartum Perineal Massage for Intrapartum Lacerations - FPIN's Help Desk Answers - ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Digital antepartum and intrapartum perineal massage did not decrease perineal lacerations compared with a control group.

American Family Physician : FPIN's Help Desk Answers

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p115.html

Triple Inhaled Therapy Provides a Small Reduction in Moderate COPD Exacerbations, No ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Triple inhaled therapy, with budesonide (Pulmicort) in a dose of either 160 mcg or 320 mcg daily plus a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) and a long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA), reduces moderate exacerbations (a need for an antibiotic or steroid for three or more days) more than ...

American Family Physician : POEMs

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/od2.html

Short-Term Low Back Pain Relief with Placebo - POEMs - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - Over three weeks, patients with long-term low back pain who knowingly took placebo twice a day reported less pain and disability than those continuing with treatment as usual.

American Family Physician : POEMs

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/od3.html

Buffering Lidocaine 1%/ Epinephrine with Sodium Bicarbonate in a 3:1 Ratio Is as ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Lido/Epi buffered with NaHCO3 in a 3:1 ratio is significantly less painful during infiltration than unbuffered Lido/Epi and buffered Lido/Epi in a 9:1 ratio.

American Family Physician : POEMs

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/od4.html

Twenty-Year Follow-Up of Women's Health Initiative Trials: Lower Breast Cancer ...

Jan 15, 2021 - The cumulative 20-year follow-up report from the Women's Health Initiative hormone therapy trials found significantly lower breast cancer incidence and mortality among postmenopausal women who previously took conjugated equine estrogen (CEE; Premarin) alone (with a prior hysterectomy) ...

American Family Physician : POEMs

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/od1.html

Newborn Circumcision Techniques and Medical Ethics - Letters to the Editor - American ...

Jan 15, 2021 - << Previous article Next article >> Jan 15, 2021 Issue Letters to the Editor Newborn Circumcision Techniques and Medical Ethics Am Fam Physician. 2021 Jan 15;103(2):69-70. Original Article: Newborn Circumcision Techniques Issue Date: June 1, 2020 See additional reader comments at:...

American Family Physician : Letter

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p69.html

Low Specificity Limits Use of Test for Spondylolysis in Children and Adolescents - ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Jan 15, 2021 Issue Letters to the Editor Low Specificity Limits Use of Test for Spondylolysis in Children and Adolescents Am Fam Physician. 2021 Jan 15;103(2):68. Original Article: Back Pain in Children and Adolescents Issue Date: July 1, 2020 See additional reader comments at:...

American Family Physician : Letter

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p68.html

Blood Transfusion Decisions in Adults with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Jan 15, 2021 Issue Letters to the Editor Blood Transfusion Decisions in Adults with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Am Fam Physician. 2021 Jan 15;103(2):68-69. Original Article: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Adults: Evaluation and Management Issue Date: March 1, 2020...

American Family Physician : Letter

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p68a.html

Corrections - Jan 15, 2021 - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - << Previous article Next article >> Jan 15, 2021 Issue Reader Services Corrections Am Fam Physician. 2021 Jan 15;103(2):70. Updated recommendation. The article Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Adults: Evaluation and Management, (March 1, 2020, p. 294) referenced a recommendation...

American Family Physician : Corrections

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p70.html

Corrections - Jan 15, 2021 - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - << Previous article Next article >> Jan 15, 2021 Issue Reader Services Corrections Am Fam Physician. 2021 Jan 15;103(2):70. Inaccurate disease description. In the Practice Guidelines Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Updated Recommendations from the ATS and IDSA (July 15, 2020, p. 121),...

American Family Physician : Corrections

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p70a.html

Black Physician’s COVID Death Underscores Health Disparities

Family physician Susan Moore, M.D., alleged she received unequal care for COVID-19 because she was Black. Less than two weeks later, she was dead.

AAFP News : AAFP Leader Voices | AAFP News Blog : Blogs

https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20210115lv-coviddisparities.html

Hip Pain in Adults - American Family Physician

Jan 15, 2021 - << Previous article Next article >> Jan 15, 2021 Issue Please note: This information was current at the time of publication. But medical information is always changing, and some information given here may be out of date. For regularly updated information on a variety of health topics,...

American Family Physician : Patient Handout

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0115/p81-s1.html

Waking Up in 2021

As a new year begins, AAFP Board chair Gary LeRoy, M.D., outlines the Academy’s priorities for 2021.

AAFP News : AAFP Leader Voices | AAFP News Blog : Blogs

https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20210112lv-2021.html