Search results for "Cancer screening"
When and how to use new phone and Internet E/M coding
There are three new codes for providing E/M over the telephone and one new code for E/M services provided via Internet resources.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/04/ten.htm
1 Apr 2008
Nurses tapped for more training, bigger role in health care
Nurses tapped for more training, bigger role in health careUpdated consensus statement issued for hypertension management in blacks
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/12/1.htm
12 Oct 2010
Time of day associated with ordering, completion of cancer screening
An editorial noted that referrals to screening could be handled by other clinic staff, easing the burden on physicians.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/14/2.htm
14 May 2019
Medicare will pay for lung cancer screening with CT
Medicare announced last week that it would begin covering screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT, effective immediately.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/10/4.htm
10 Feb 2015
Primary HPV testing without cotesting every 5 years now an option for cervical cancer screening, Task Force says
An accompanying editorial said that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recommendations preserve the greatest range of choices for practitioners and patients but that their effect on cervical cancer mortality, among other issues, remains to be determined.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/28/1.htm
28 Aug 2018
MKSAP Quiz: cervical cancer screening
This week's quiz asks readers to determine appropriate management of cervical cancer screening in a 26-year-old woman who had a normal Pap smear 1 year ago.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/16/3.htm
16 Aug 2016
New guideline released on lung cancer screening
Among the recommendations is one stating that low-dose CT screening should not be performed in individuals who have accumulated fewer than 30 pack-years of smoking or who are younger than age 55 years or older than age 77 years, or who have quit smoking more than 15 years ago, and do not have a high risk of having/developing lung cancer based on clinical risk prediction calculators.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/30/1.htm
30 Jan 2018
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 May 2021
Annual FIT has moderate to high sensitivity and specificity for screening asymptomatic adults
Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are noninvasive, easy to prepare, and inexpensive and are as effective as colonoscopy when used in a consistent fashion to screen for colorectal cancer, an editorial stated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/26/4.htm
26 Feb 2019
Calmer talk needed about mammography
Controversy about implementing new mammography guidelines shouldn't cloud talks between doctors and the women they counsel. Clarify what the guidelines really say, and share the decision-making with patients, experts counsel.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/breast.htm
1 Feb 2010