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- A Guide to Maximizing Physician Referral Strategies | AMA
For primary care physicians, knowing who, where and when to refer patients for specialty care is critical to their patient’s outcomes and continued well-being Regarding specialists, knowing the proper targeting and customer service strategies to engage and earn referrals from primary care and other practices is a lifeline to their practice
- Obtaining Medical Records from Closed Practices
ves patients the right to access and get copies of their medical records Unfortunately, many patients str ggle to exercise this right when their physician’s practice has closed This is most concerning in settings that—for whatever reason—do not use electronic health records (EHRs), such as in behavioral health practices, man
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment | AMA
Link patients to culturally and linguistically appropriate community SUD resources Train clinicians and staf in cultural and structural humility, cross-cultural communication, cultural and structural influences on unhealthy substance use misuse, and appropriate culturally racially aware language to use
- State Law Chart - Physician Assistants Scope of Practice
Physician assistant scope of practice The AMA opposes enactment of legislation to authorize the independent practice of medicine by any individual who has not completed the state’s requirements for licensure to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery 1 The AMA believes that physicians must maintain the ultimate responsibility ultimately responsible for coordinating and managing the
- Inpatient versus observation care - American Medical Association
Inpatient versus observation care Concerns regarding the admissions status of patients undergoing short hospital stays intensified in recent years as these stays became targets of Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) reviews and the use of observation status as an alternative to inpatient admission increased exponentially Observation care is described by the Medicare program as a well
- What doctors wish patients knew about end-of-life care planning
When patients take time to document their health care wishes—before a crisis—physicians and families are better equipped to honor their goals Yet many adults have never discussed serious illness and end-of-life care planning or completed advance directives, leaving critical decisions to be made by loved ones in moments of stress or
- Access to care for patients with disabilities: Strategies for ensuring . . .
The following tools and resources are available to assist physicians and practices with ensuring their health care practice is a safe, accessible, and compliant establishment in which patients with disabilities can receive personal, high-quality care
- 2023 CPT E M descriptors and guidelines
For patients admitted to hospital inpatient or observation care and discharged on a different date, see 99221, 99222, 99223, 99231, 99232, 99233, 99238, 99239 Codes 99234, 99235, 99236 require two or more encounters on the same date of which one of these encounters is an initial admission encounter and another encounter being a discharge
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