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- Latest Patient Education Resources - American Medical Association
Stay on top of the latest developments related to patient education Browse the AMA’s patient education resources, full of information and tools that physicians can share with their patients, including educational handouts for patients and other patient education materials
- The do’s and donts of calling out a patients bad behavior
Make patients aware that they are able to seek care from other sources if they persist in opposing treatment from the physician assigned If patients require immediate care, inform them that, unless they exercise their right to leave, care will be provided by appropriately qualified staff independent of their expressed preference
- What doctors wish patients knew about the impact of caffeine
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines In this installment, four AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about caffeine They are:
- What doctors wish patients knew about sciatica
In this installment, Kevin Taliaferro, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at Henry Ford Health, took time to discuss what patients need to know about sciatica Henry Ford Health is a member of the AMA Health System Program , which provides enterprise solutions to equip leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to help drive the future of
- State Law Chart: Nurse Practitioner Practice Authority
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- Suicide prevention guide to treat at-risk patients
Understanding financial considerations of how to bill for screening, evaluation and treatment of patients experiencing suicidal ideation, including awareness of specific Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes, will help ensure the sustainability of a comprehensive suicide prevention and treatment protocol
- Inpatient versus observation care - American Medical Association
Patients receiving observation care are classified as hospital outpatients and therefore covered under Part B, which requires cost-sharing for each service rendered and which does not cover self-administered drugs Because days spent under observation status do not count toward eligibility for Medicare SNF coverage,
- What is value-based care? - American Medical Association
Value-based care arrangements tie payment amounts for services provided to patients to the results that are delivered, such as the quality, equity and cost of care By aligning incentives and payment, this approach can potentially result in more evidence-based, preventive and equitable whole-person care
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