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Improve your power mobility device prescribing with TAFP video, form |
Because family physicians prescribe most power mobility devices, but rarely more than two or three annually, TAFP has developed a clinical guide and accompanying video for evaluating a patient for a power mobility device. The purpose of the guide and video is to assist the treating physician and assure conformance with Medicare’s extensive documentation requirements and face-to-face examination. The guide is not a Medicare-approved form and before using the form, physicians and practice staff are encouraged to review the DME MAC physician guidance letter, which provides a synopsis detailing the highlights of documentation requirements. Go to the Prescribing Practice page of the Practice Resources section of TAFP’s website, www.tafp.org/practice-resources/prescribing, to access the DME MAC physician guidance letter, mobility evaluation guide, and TAFP instructional video. |
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Access anti-obesity resources through AAFP’s AIM-HI tools |
Add another resource to your obesity armamentarium with the AIM-HI AIM-to-Change Toolkit. This free toolkit contains an array of patient educational materials and office resources to help you create a fitness culture and encourage patients to live healthy lives. Also new from AIM-HI is a nutrition deficiency risk questionnaire for family physicians to use with your patients. The downloadable PDF is available to AAFP members in English and Spanish on the AIM-HI website, and patients may also access the tool directly on FamilyDoctor.org.
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Vaccine purchasing partnership can help you lower your vaccine costs |
Practices who join TAFP vaccine purchasing partner Atlantic Health Partners will receive the overall lowest prices for Sanofi’s Fluzone vaccines for orders reserved by April 30. As one of the largest physician vaccine buying groups in the country with longstanding relationships with Sanofi and Merck, Atlantic is also able to offer members the most favorable prices and terms for all their respective vaccines. In addition to these services, Atlantic offers a Medicare Part D immunization program, reimbursement support and advocacy, medical supply discounts, lower office supply prices through Staples, and additional discounts on the Wellconnect Patient Recall Program. To learn more about how your practice can benefit from joining Atlantic, contact Jeff or Cindy at (800) 741-2044 or info@atlantichealthpartners.com.
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Practice management website presents tips to stay profitable |
“The Primary Care Survival Guide: How to Retain Practice Profitability in the Wake of Unprecedented Change,” from ProfitableMD, a website featuring practice management resources, advises physicians to get involved in a leadership role in an accountable care organization or other new payment model, evaluate a hospital partnership carefully, pursue certification as a patient-centered medical home to access incentives and increase negotiating power, embrace technology, and identify revenue opportunities beyond traditional practice. The nine-page guide is available to download on ProfitableMD’s website, www.profitablemd.com.
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AHRQ presents evidence-based chronic disease resource library |
Chronic diseases are the most prevalent health care problems in the United States, with nearly half (45 percent) of all Americans reporting at least one chronic illness. A new resource library from AHRQ features chronic disease-related evidence-based research to inform physicians and patients about the treatment options available, associated costs, and which treatments may help or harm. Highlights include physician and consumer summary guides on medications for adults with type 2 diabetes, the treatment of breast and prostate cancers, choosing pain medicine for osteoarthritis, and management strategies for adults with gastroesophageal reflux disease. To access these resources and more, go to www.ahrq.gov/clinic/partners/ptoolschronic.htm.
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