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Future of Family Medicine: July 2012
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Primary Care, Subspecialist Physician Payment Gap Narrowing - Are you listening? The Family Medicine Revolution is happening before our eyes. The payment gap between primary care and specialties is shrinking - is anybody listening? According to a recent Medscape article titled " CMS Proposes Primary Care Raises Funded with Specialist Cuts. Discusses the pote...
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Future of Family Medicine: March 2014
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Billling and Coding Series 3/3: How to Write Notes for Billing. When you're documenting a cardiac exam, do you ever write: "CV: RRR, nl S1/S2, no m/r/g"? If so, you may be sad to find out that doesn't count as an adequate cardiac exam for a basic new patient exam or a physical exam. Just a gut instinct on how complicated a patient is? Let's talk about the his...
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Future of Family Medicine: April 2013
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Sunday, April 7, 2013. Family Medicine in Canada. By: Dahlia Balaban BSc, MSc (future MD as of June 2013 and Future Family Medicine resident as of July 2013). There are many reasons why Canadian medical graduates are drawn to family medicine, and I will outline some of them below. Top 10 Reasons to Pursue Family Medicine Training in Canada (in no particular order):. Family Physicians...
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Future of Family Medicine: Join The #FMRevolution!
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Jay W Lee: #FMRevolution = Family Medicine Revolution. Posted on 03.09.11 by Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH : http:/ www.familydocs.org/jay-w-lee-fmrevolution.php. Ah, change. Isn't it lovely? This, of course, is a variation on the oft-repeated trope in organized medicine circles: "Either you're at the table or you're on the menu.". Remember managed care in the 1990s? Last year, an inspired gro...
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Future of Family Medicine: October 2012
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Monday, October 8, 2012. Future of Family Medicine Blog Celebrates National Primary Care Week 2012. After much anticipation, National Primary Care Week 2012 is finally here! We have a surprise cross-post that will be published on a prominent national blog and set to go up on Wednesday, so stay tuned! 1 Family Medicine is a Waste of Your Talent. PCMH is the model of primary care movin...
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Future of Family Medicine: May 2012
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Living out our personal statements. Money, Family Medicine and You. That was the name of a talk for medical students I attended last month at the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians. I challenge all health professionals out reading this blog whether a current student, resident or physician:. What did you write about in your personal statement? However, ...
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Future of Family Medicine: August 2013
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Friday, August 30, 2013. Are primary care physicians the future? Cross-published in The Temple News, 8/27/13). While caring for that population and spending $100 million annually to do it is a noble cause, I don’t look at that as a statistic to be especially proud of. The United States spends 17.9 percent of its yearly gross domestic product on health care, far more than the seco...
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Future of Family Medicine: Billing and Coding Series 2/3: CPT, E&M, ICD-9... Oh My
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Monday, February 24, 2014. Billing and Coding Series 2/3: CPT, E&M, ICD-9. Oh My. What is this "level of service". Nobody talked about "level of service" in medical school. is that like a rare genetic disorder? If we can just click, circle or check it, then we're doing our job right? If you're getting to this point, and going, "Wait, so what's level 3? Then you're probably where most...
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Future of Family Medicine: Billing and Coding Series 1/3: Why It Matters for Students/Residents in Primary Care
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Thursday, February 13, 2014. Billing and Coding Series 1/3: Why It Matters for Students/Residents in Primary Care. At the time, I didn't understand why it was so difficult for physicians to code for the services that they were providing. It is part of their job. I remember thinking, "What is wrong with you people? Don't they teach you how to do your job in medical school or residency?
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Future of Family Medicine: March 2012
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Future of Family Medicine. Fresh perspectives by residents and students committed to the only true primary care specialty. Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The 2012 Family Medicine Match Results - Future of Family Medicine Match Day Coverage. 2,611 of 2,764 Family Medicine PGY-1 positions were filled in the match, making for a 94.5% fill rate. 2000-2012 NRMP Family Medicine Match Results (Source: AAFP). Regarding the NRMP match, AAFP President Glen Stream commented in the AAFP News Now:. Family medicine's 2012 M...
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