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Expert hints at how GI practices can keep coding current
Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractors are, in fact, auditing physicians more than ever. The “incident toâ€ï¿½ provision and teaching physician guidelines cause the greatest confusion and require special attention to ensure they are used correctly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/gastrocoding.htm
1 Sep 2009
Sorting out the worst offenders among herbal supplements
Post-stroke care often fragments after patients leave the hospital. Patients being treated by specialists should keep the primary care physician at the center of their follow-up regimen.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/supplements.htm
1 Oct 2009
Work up the whole patient when treating IBS
With so many confounding factors to consider with irritable bowel syndrome, physicians can benefit their patients most with an important diagnostic tool—listening. Learn how to work up these patients from first steps to cognitive therapy options.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/11/ibs.htm
1 Nov 2009
What to do when one expects everything to fit, but it doesn't
James Hennessey, FACP, reports on a young woman's elevated testosterone level, and how he made a diagnosis even though the lab results and imaging conflicted. Our diagnostic experts consider confirmation bias and how this internist sidestepped being misled.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/mindful.htm
1 Jan 2010
Expert explains thyroid diagnosis, treatment and common red flags
The estimate that 25 million people have thyroid problems would double if the normal range was adjusted, as some medical societies suggest. In this Web-only feature, Victor Bernet, FACP, the author of MKSAP 15's chapter on disorders of the thyroid gland, offers his insights into management.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/thyroid.htm
1 Jan 2010
Beyond the annual physical
It's a new year, and promises to be an exciting one in health care. But concepts such as bundled payments, comparative effectiveness and the patient-centered medical home seem certain to remain center stage.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/editor.htm
1 Jan 2010
The next issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
ACP issues position paper on patient-physician-caregiver relationshipsACP's Steven Weinberger, FACP, blogs at KevinMDCollege Fellows honoredChapter awardees noted
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/26/9.htm
26 Jan 2010
Med schools promoting care for underserved
To encourage primary care careers, medical schools are offering students shortened specialty rotations in favor of fast-track graduation, half-tuition forgiveness and having students follow patients wherever they go in the health system. Different teaching models emphasize continuity of care over snapshots of diagnoses, and place students in the clinics where they can fulfill the nation's need for rural care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/education.htm
1 Feb 2010
Bisphosphonates not associated with femoral fractures, study suggests
MKSAP Quiz: recurrent visual disturbance, headache
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/30/2.htm
30 Mar 2010
MKSAP Quiz: recurrent visual disturbance, headache
BNP-guided therapy helps heart failure outcomes, no effect in hospitalizations
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/30/3.htm
30 Mar 2010