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AAFP Joins AMA, Other Medical Organizations in Calling On HHS to Delay NPI Deadline
The AAFP has joined the AMA and 35 other national medical organizations in urging HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt to delay a fast-approaching deadline that would...
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TransforMED Offers Free Medical Home Assessment Tool
Medical practices working on becoming medical homes now can measure their progress, thanks to a free and comprehensive assessment tool recently made available by TransforMED,...
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CMS Promotes One-Day NPI Testing Exercise
CMS is promoting a one-day testing exercise, dubbed "Legacy Free Day," on May 7 that is aimed at helping Medicare providers evaluate their National Provider...
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PQRI Changes Offer Physicians More Reporting Options
CMS recently announced tweaks to its 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, or PQRI, that should make it easier for family physicians and other eligible health...
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TransforMED Practices Reflect on Successes, Challenges
More than 70 family physicians and other health care professionals representing 30 family medicine practices from across the country met April 11-13 in Kansas City,...
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CMS Issues Final Rule on E-Prescribing Standards
CMS recently released a final rule that sets uniform standards for electronic prescribing, or e-prescribing, under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The rule...
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'Get Connected' Program Encourages Electronic Prescribing
On March 4, the AAFP and four other national physician organizations launched a new program designed to help physicians send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically. The...
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Preliminary Report Offers First Glimpse of Quality Reporting Progress
Tens of thousands of health care providers -- some of them family physicians -- will collect a little extra cash later in 2008 because of...
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New York City Program Promotes EHRs for Primary Care Practices
New York City is moving ahead with plans to equip more than 1,000 primary care physician offices with electronic health records, or EHRs, by the...
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New, Revised CPT Codes Target Online, Telephone Services
Recent changes in CPT codes for non-face-to-face physician services could help turn the tide against payers' long-standing reluctance to pay physicians for telephone and online...
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