Search results for "practices"
New ACP Practice Advisor Modules address advance care planning, preventing stroke in afib
Two ACP modules, eligible for CME and Maintenance of Certification Practice Assessment points, offer help for physicians to ensure that patients receive care that is consistent with their values, goals, and preferences and to identify patients with atrial fibrillation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/18/5.htm
18 Jul 2017
Not enough time for primary care clinicians to provide guideline-recommended care, study finds
A recent simulation study estimated that a primary care clinician would require 26.7 h/d to provide preventive, chronic, and acute care, plus documentation/inbox management, to an average panel of 2,500 patients. This time decreased to 9.3 h/d with team-based care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/07/12/2.htm
12 Jul 2022
ACP addresses ethical issues in determining death
A new position paper from ACP supports a clarification to terminology in the Uniform Determination of Death Act but otherwise reaffirms it and its underlying ethical principles.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/05/6.htm
5 Sep 2023
New ACP Practice Advisor Module addresses medication management
Physicians can learn how to develop collaborative medication management care plans and identify barriers to appropriate medication use consistent with patients' strengths, needs, preferences, and values.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/24/6.htm
24 Jan 2017
Prior authorization policies varied widely among insurers
A cross-sectional analysis of privately administered Medicare Advantage plans in 2021 evaluated the proportions of government-administered traditional Medicare Part B spending and utilization that would have required prior authorization.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/12/2.htm
12 Mar 2024
Action taken, more work needed on prior authorization
The issue of prior authorization is a legislative priority for ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/03/action-taken-more-work-needed-on-prior-authorization.htm
1 Mar 2024
Welcome to I.M. Matters from ACP
This issue announces our new name and includes lead stories on vertigo and grateful patient fundraising.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/01/welcome-to-im-matters-from-acp.htm
1 Jan 2024
Urinalysis as a ‘liquid biopsy of the kidney’
Components of the urinalysis can really be helpful for a few specific diagnoses that sometimes might be ignored.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/01/urinalysis-as-a-liquid-biopsy-of-the-kidney.htm
1 Jan 2024
CMS criteria for appropriate use of cardiac imaging create confusion around reimbursement
The appropriate use criteria for imaging for coronary artery disease are heterogeneous and sometimes discrepant, creating substantial potential for uncertainty about reimbursement among clinicians seeking to provide their patients with appropriate tests, an analysis found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/22/2.htm
22 Aug 2023
Nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy may be effective for insomnia
Brief, nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy in primary care reduced insomnia symptoms and appeared cost-effective, an English trial found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/22/4.htm
22 Aug 2023