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Easing Prior Authorization for Advanced Imaging

ADRIENNE PARAD, CHRISTIN GALLO

These insider tips can save you time by putting your imaging requests on the path to easier approval.

How to ACE Daily Stressors in Medical Practice

CATHERINE FLORIO PIPAS, HANI CHAABO, JOEDRECKA S. BROWN SPEIGHTS

Maladaptive responses to stressors are ingrained in our profession, but we can unlearn them and embrace a culture of well-being.

Tips to Help Your Patients File Successful Disability Applications

WILLIAM MICHAEL, MORGAN WHITE, ANNE HARTWIG, DON BECKER, SARINA SCHRAGER

Your professional, well-documented assessment of a patient’s functional limitations is key to a successful disability determination.

2024 Medicare and CPT Update: Ups and Downs for Family Physician Payment

KENT MOORE, EMILY HILL, ERIN SOLIS

Despite annual threats to Medicare’s physician payment rate, primary care physicians will benefit from the implementation of a new code for visit complexity, among other key changes.

FROM THE EDITOR

Thank You, FPM Peer Reviewers

Quality peer reviews help the FPM editors select and publish articles that are accurate, authoritative, and useful to family physicians and others in primary care. We would like to thank the following peer reviewers, who completed at least one manuscript review in 2023.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Coding & Documentation

CINDY HUGHES

SHOWING MEDICAL NECESSITY IN E/M CODING | PAYERS REDUCING E/M CODES | SERVICES PROVIDED ON FEDERAL HOLIDAYS | COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT AND CARE PLAN ON SAME DATE AS E/M

PRACTICE PEARLS

Practice Pearls

ADDRESS PREVENTIVE CARE GAPS AT ACUTE VISITS | EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN USING AI TOOLS LIKE CHATGPT | OVER-RECRUIT PATIENTS FOR SHARED MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

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Multi-stakeholder Engagement to Increase Primary Care Investment

KATE FREEMAN, KAREN JOHNSON

To achieve the goals of a high-performing health system, including equitable access to care, the American Academy of Family Physicians' public and private advocacy efforts center around protecting and increasing primary care investment across the United States.



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