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    G2211 Update and Infographic: When to Use the Visit Complexity Add-On Code

    VELYN WU, JESSICA BEVERIDGE

    Confusion around the code has contributed to low usage. This infographic explains when to use (and not use) G2211 and what changed on Jan. 1, 2025.

    A Simplified Model for Shared Decision Making

    SARINA SCHRAGER

    This quick, three-step process can help you and your patients make health care decisions that align with their goals and values.

    Navigating the Transition to Value-Based Payment: Options for Independent Practices

    RACHEL BONESTEEL, MAX YATES, MICHAEL PIGNONE, FRANK MCSTAY, ROBERT SAUNDERS

    Understanding common challenges, promising models, and potential partnerships can help you choose the best path forward.

    The 2025 Medicare and CPT Update: Glimmers of Hope Amid Pay Rate Uncertainty

    ERIN SOLIS, KAREN JOHNSON, EMILY HILL

    Medicare's physician payment rate is again slated to drop absent congressional action. But primary care physicians may find financial relief in other policies.

    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 2024.

    Family Physicians as Conductors of the Health Care Orchestra

    JAMES DOMDERA

    What's the next song you're conducting?

    OPINION

    Use of AI in Family Medicine Publications: A Joint Editorial From Journal Editors

    SARINA SCHRAGER, DEAN A. SEEHUSEN, SUMI SEXTON, CAROLINE RICHARDSON, JON NEHER, NICHOLAS J. PIMLOTT, MARJORIE A. BOWMAN, JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ, CHRISTOPHER P. MORLEY, LI LI, JAMES DOMDERA

    The family medicine journal editors provide a unified statement about AI in academic publishing for authors, editors, publishers, and peer reviewers based on current understanding of the technology, which is rapidly advancing.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Coding & Documentation

    CINDY HUGHES

    REVIEWING PRESCRIPTION DRUG DATABASE AS PART OF AN E/M VISIT | USING “HISTORY OF” WHEN DOCUMENTING CURRENT CHRONIC CONDITIONS | RESPIRATORY INFECTION DUE TO RSV | DEPRESSION SCREENING VIA TELEHEALTH | PROLONGED SERVICES IN OFFICE

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Practice Pearls

    USE A ONE-QUESTION SCREEN FOR OPIOID MISUSE AMONG OLDER PATIENTS | PAIR GLP-1 MEDS WITH BEHAVIORAL CHANGE GOALS | REDUCE BURNOUT BY GIVING PHYSICIANS ADEQUATE TEAM SUPPORT

    THE LAST WORD

    The Five Ws for Better Staff Meetings

    WENDY HENDERSON, CHERYL H. BARKER, ELIZABETH BALTARO

    Carefully planning your staff meetings is key to making good use of everyone's precious time.

    SUPPLEMENT

    Physician Employment in an Era of Market Consolidation

    KAREN JOHNSON, TRACEY ALLEN-EHRHART

    As more family physicians shift from practice ownership to employed practice, the AAFP is working to address issues that have contributed to practice acquisitions while also developing employment resources, such as the Career Benchmark Dashboard.



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    All editors and editorial advisory board members in a position to control content for this activity, FPM journal, are required to disclose any relevant financial relationships. View disclosures.



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