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Practice Management: The Road Ahead
As CGH welcomes a new Board of Editors in the July 2012 issue, Dr. Kuemmerle speaks to Dr. John I. Allen, new section editor of Practice Management: The Road Ahead, in a special, wide-ranging interview about the future of GI practice. (Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - June 27, 2012 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: AGA Source Type: podcasts

Carol Murtaugh, RN, OCN: The Realities of Community Oncology Practice Management
The Group Room sits down with Carol Murtaugh at the 2012 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting. Carol is an oncology nurse, turned practice administrator. She gives us a look into the rea... Author: vitaloptions Added: 04/22/2012 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - April 22, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

Bobbi Buell: The Realities of Community Oncology Practice Management
The Group Room sits down with Bobbi Buell at the 2012 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting. She gives some eye-opening information that patients need to understand about the current state... Author: vitaloptions Added: 04/22/2012 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - April 22, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

Current Options for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
A Practice Management article in the January 2012 issue of CGH outlines three major options for owners of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to deal with decreased reimbursements and rising costs. Dr. Kuemmerle speaks with author Dr. Lawrence R. Kosinski (Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - February 21, 2012 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: AGA Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Dec. 23, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about a bipartisan graduate medical education bill introduced in the House that would establish a pilot project to test and support primary care training models in nonhospital settings; an announcement from CMS about a demonstration project that will test the effectiveness of delivering primary care services in a home setting to Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions; notification that the FDA has called for a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the oral anticoagulant drug marketed as Xarelto; and a reminder that physicians who did not implement electronic...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - December 23, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about HHS blocking over-the-counter access to an emergency contraceptive for girls younger than 17; an announcement from CMS regarding a three-month delay in the enforcement deadline for physicians' transition to the version 5010 format for the electronic transfer of health information; coverage of the dedication of the first cell-based influenza vaccine manufacturing plant in the United States; notification about a decrease in state funding for community health centers in 2012; and an announcement about a new CDC campaign that focuses on medication safety for children. (Sour...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - December 16, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
This week's audio news summary features an announcement that the 2012 update of the ICD-10-CM codes set for outpatient diagnosis coding has been posted online for reference and training purposes; a reminder to physicians about the importance of immunizing pregnant and postpartum women against seasonal influenza; an update on Medicare coverage for obesity screening and counseling; notification about the launch of a new social media site that allows physicians to share their experiences implementing health information technology; a story about an FDA committee vote to expand the age indication for the 13-valent pneumococcal ...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - December 9, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Dec. 02, 2011
This week's audio news summary features an announcement about the nomination of Marilyn Tavenner to replace outgoing CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D.; a reminder that medical students have until Dec. 14 to complete applications for the Students to Service Loan Repayment Program; notification about the release of an AAFP Foundation report on behavioral economics and management of patients with diabetes; information about a new screening guide to help doctors target teens who may need help combating alcohol abuse; and a reminder about ANN's chapter spotlight series that in December features the Kentucky AFP. (Source: A...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - December 2, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Nov. 18, 2011
This week's audio news summary features coverage of a study by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education that highlights the impact of cuts to GME funding now being considered by Congress' Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction; an announcement from the FDA about the lack of efficacy of the cholesterol-lowering medication Trilipix; notification of technical problems with two GE Healthcare health information technology products that will delay physicians' ability to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program; an announcement about the FDA's posting on YouTube of a consumer health vid...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - November 18, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
This week's audio news summary features information about a 19-page synopsis of CMS' 189-page final rule on accountable care organizations the AAFP created to give members an overview of how ACOs could affect them; a story about the Academy's call to members to help maintain Title VII primary care health professions funding; coverage of the release of three new draft recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; information about the AAFP's endorsement of the American College of Physicians' clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction; a reminder from the FDA about the No...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - November 14, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Nov. 4, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about findings from a new study that indicate many primary care physicians think they provide more care than is necessary to their patients; a report written by Academy staff that summarizes 2011 National Resident Matching Program statistics and 2011 survey data from U.S. residency programs; an announcement about a makeover to the AAFP's patient education website, FamilyDoctor.org; notification of the voluntary market withdrawal of the drug Xigris by Eli Lilly and Co.; and a reminder to get involved with the AAFP Leader Voices blog. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - November 4, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
This week's audio news summary features coverage of HHS' release of the final rule on Medicare accountable care organizations; information about the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices vote to recommend routine administration of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine to 11- to 12-year-old boys; a story about the release of new research by the Medical Group Management Association that indicates physicians may begin restricting Medicare patients' access if a scheduled 29.5 percent payment cut occurs as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2012; an update about 2011 numbers of first-time applicants to medical school, which ...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - October 28, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Oct. 21, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about a renewed push by the CDC to get children younger than age 5 years immunized against Streptococcus pneumoniae using the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; a notice from CMS that it has opened the application process for its Innovation Advisors Program and is seeking 200 people to participate in the initial phase; coverage of a new report released by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation that calls for significant changes in the content and format of U.S. graduate medical education; information about a question-and-answer segment featuring AAFP President Glen Stream, M.D...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - October 21, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Oct. 14, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about a draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer in asymptomatic men; an announcement that Primatene Mist will no longer be sold in the United States after Dec. 31, 2011; notice of a blog entry by AAFP President Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I., that recaps a meeting with UnitedHealth Group representatives the Academy hosted this week; and coverage of the AAFP's support for HHS' Million Hearts initiative, which aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in the next five years. (So...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - October 14, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Oct. 7, 2011
This week's audio news summary features coverage of a study that found that medical practices that use electronic health records, or EHRs, provide better diabetes care than do paper-based practices; an exclusive look at a program supported by the Pennsylvania AFP that helps residents improve patient care; a Q&A discussion with health care payment expert Harold Miller about accountable care organizations; notification of new consumer and clinician guides from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that discuss treatment options for gastroesophageal reflux disease; and an announcement from the Office of the National ...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - October 7, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Sept. 30, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about CMS' new Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, which aims to increase support of primary care practices that deliver coordinated care; an account of the AAFP Board chair's presentation to a RUC subcommittee outlining the AAFP's request for changes to the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee; an update on HHS' release of its final rule on the Medicaid recovery audit program; notification about the results of a cost survey of multispecialty practices that found practices cut general operating expenses by 2.2 percent in 2010; and an announcement abo...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - September 30, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Sept. 23, 2011
This week's audio news summary features an announcement about Academy leaders' first foray into social media channels via postings from AAFP President Glen Stream, M.D., M.B. I., to Facebook, Twitter and the new AAFP Leader Voices blog; information about the Academy's response to a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission proposal that would eliminate the sustainable growth rate formula -- but at a significant cost to family physicians; notification that the AAFP is opposing legislation that would exempt cigars from FDA regulation; and a story that details a packaging error and resultant recall of multiple lots of oral contrac...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - September 23, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
This week's audio news summary features stories by ANN editors reporting on-site from the Academy's Congress of Delegates meeting in Orlando, Fla.; an item detailing the Academy's forceful rebuttal of an article in The New York Times regarding the effect of primary care physicians' fees on the nation's health care costs; a report from the Institute of Medicine on vaccines and the true incidence of associated adverse events; and an announcement from the FDA advising physicians about updates to the boxed warning section of tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockers' package labels. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - September 16, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
This week's audio news summary features notification of live streaming video of the AAFP Congress of Delegates in Orlando on Sept. 12-14; an announcement about the first meeting of an AMA task force created to ensure that Congress successfully implements a Medicare payment fix; an update on the release of CMS' final rule on the 2011 Medicare electronic-prescribing incentive program; a story about the CDC's concern regarding low vaccination rates for human papillomavirus vaccine; and an announcement from the FDA regarding a drug label update for the osteoporosis drug marketed as Reclast. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - September 9, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Sept. 2, 2011
This week's audio news summary features the Academy's response to CMS' proposed 2012 Medicare physician fee schedule; an update on the number of Medicare patients who have accessed preventive services through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; an FDA safety announcement warning physicians and patients that high doses of the antidepressant drug marketed as Celexa are linked to abnormal heart rhythms; a report from the National Center for Health Statistics that looks at the employment of mid-level providers by office-based physicians; notification of some results from the Academy's 2011 Member Satisfaction Surve...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - September 2, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Aug. 26, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about actions taken during the first meeting of the AAFP Primary Care Valuation Task Force, information about the release of a new guideline that aims to help transition youths from pediatric to adult care, notification from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that it has updated its recommendation related to screening asymptomatic adults for bladder cancer, news that CMS will require most physicians to revalidate their Medicare enrollment between now and March 2013, and an announcement about an upcoming free webinar designed to showcase the value of secure clinical messa...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - August 26, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about recruitment and retention survey results from a national physician search firm that put family physicians squarely on top as the most sought-after specialty; notification that six primary care physicians from Georgia filed a lawsuit alleging that the relationship between CMS and the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee is illegal; a report from the Government Accountability Office on the effectiveness of CMS' physician feedback reports; an announcement that distribution of payments for the 2010 Medicare Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program is ...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - August 19, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Aug. 12, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about a letter from the Academy to CMS that chides the agency for its proposed revisions to work relative value units for CPT codes that involve certain patient observation services; an announcement from the FDA about serious birth defects linked to the antifungal medication fluconazole; notification of a new CDC guide that offers evidence-based recommendations on infection control in ambulatory settings; and coverage of results from Family Practice Management's latest EHR user satisfaction survey. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - August 12, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Aug. 5, 2011
This week's audio news summary features coverage of a letter from the Academy to Congress and the White House denouncing that fact that the deficit-reduction plan signed this week fails to address the sustainable growth rate formula used to determine Medicare physician payment; notification of an FDA warning that concomitant administration of the monoamine oxidase inhibitors linezolid and methylene blue with serotonergic psychiatric drugs can precipitate serotonin syndrome; news that the Academy is accepting applications for grants to help residency programs develop childhood obesity projects based on the AAFP's Americans ...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - August 5, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, July 29, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about possible delays in physicians' Medicare payments if Congress and the White House don't reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling limit; information about the release of a YouTube video that spells out the dangers of failing to repeal the sustainable growth rate formula; an alert from the FDA telling physicians they should not prescribe the antiarrhythmic drug marketed as Multaq to patients with permanent atrial fibrillation; a report about a congressional oversight that excludes rural health clinics from the Medicare EHR bonus program; and a story that features the...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 29, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, July 22, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about a newly formed AAFP task force that will explore ways to properly value and pay for primary care physician services; a recommendation from AAFP Past President Ted Epperly, M.D., and others that the nation's medicals schools and residency programs should develop programs to cross-train family physicians and general surgeons in rural America; an announcement from the FDA about safety changes to the antiviral medication marketed as Tamiflu, as well as an update on production of the influenza vaccine for the 2011-12 flu season; and a multimedia report from the 2011 annual T...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 22, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, July 15, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about a multimedia campaign launched by CMS that could drive a flood of seniors to physician offices for free Medicare wellness and preventive services, coverage of a new FDA safety alert issued for the tobacco cessation drug Chantix, an announcement about a telemedicine pilot program that links primary care physicians with local dermatology specialists, details about the Academy's call for HHS to take a hard look at burdensome regulations that negatively affect family physicians, and notification that physicians can start using Medicare's revised Advance Beneficiary Notice o...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 15, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, July 8, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about the Georgia AFP's $250,000 investment in the patient-centered medical home model of care; a report showing that more first-year medical students are enrolling in U.S. medical schools; an announcement from the FDA warning that valproate has been linked to cognitive defects in children exposed to the drug in utero; and notification that as of July 1, physician learners have begun using a new online tool to complete AAFP CME quizzes. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 8, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, July 01, 2011
This week's audio news summary features coverage of the AMA's annual meeting, including a vote by delegates that upholds the AMA's support for the concept of individual responsibility for health coverage as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; an announcement about a newly posted AAFP resource that answers frequently asked questions about accountable care organizations; information about a CDC health advisory on the nationwide uptick in measles cases; notification of new vaccination recommendations from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; and a story about a free online directory ...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 1, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, June 24, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about new resources the AAFP is providing to its constituent chapters to help fight state legislation that would allow pharmacist-administered inoculations; notification that the AAFP's secure clinical messaging system is open for service and available to members at a reduced rate; information about new graphic warnings that the FDA will require on cigarette packaging and in advertisements starting in September 2012; an announcement about the launch of the Academy's patient satisfaction survey tool; and a report about the National Library of Medicine's new online service call...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - June 24, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, June 17, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a report that the AAFP has officially gone on record urging the RUC -- the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Update Committee -- to make changes in its structure and process; notification that CMS has issued a proposed rule with additional hardship exemptions to its Medicare Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program; notification that the FDA is placing restrictions on the use of 80-milligram simvastatin; and information about a new AAFP policy that supports mandatory influenza vaccinations for health care personnel. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - June 17, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, June 10, 2011
This week's audio news summary features an announcement about an upcoming webinar offered by the AAFP and TransforMED that seeks to clarify how accountable care organizations will affect family physicians' practices; a story about the Academy and other family medicine groups' reaction to a summary report from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation that highlights changes needed in graduate medical education; the release of new clinician and consumer guides from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on pain management after hip fracture; and notification about a "mini-MBA" guide created by the Academy to help family physic...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - June 10, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, June 03, 2011
This week's audio news summary features notification from CMS that it has designated June 15 as a national testing day for federally mandated 5010 transaction standards that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012; an announcement from the FDA that access to rosiglitazone-containing medications will be restricted; a story about how family physician practices can prepare for emergencies and natural disasters; and a statement from the AAFP and two other physician organizations that opposes any legislation that places limits on information exchanged between physicians and their patients. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - June 3, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, May 27, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about the Academy's suggested modifications to CMS' proposed rule on accountable care organizations; an announcement from CMS that it is now cutting checks to physicians who qualify for bonuses through the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; notification that HHS will award more than $100 million in grants to state and local agencies to combat chronic diseases; information about a survey that shows patients and physicians aren't discussing the use of complementary and alternative remedies as often as they should; and a reminder to read this month's installmen...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - May 27, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday May 27 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about the Academy's suggested modifications to CMS' proposed rule on accountable care organizations; an announcement from CMS that it is now cutting checks to physicians who qualify for bonuses through the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; notification that HHS will award more than $100 million in grants to state and local agencies to combat chronic diseases; information about a survey that shows patients and physicians aren't discussing the use of complementary and alternative remedies as often as they should; and a reminder to read this month's installmen...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - May 27, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, May 20, 2011
This week's audio news summary features coverage of the 2011 Family Medicine Congressional Conference and family physician attendees' concerns about accountable care organizations; a story about the health hazards of indoor tanning and why family physicians should consider stepping up their warnings to patients about this practice; an announcement about CMS' new checklist to aid physicians in prescribing power mobility devices to Medicare patients; and an invitation to read an AAFP News Now online interview with CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - May 20, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, May 13, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about AAFP President Roland Goertz's testimony in Washington in which he proposed a blended payment model to fix the Medicare payment system; notification of a CMS national provider call focusing on its Medicaid and Medicare electronic health records incentive programs, coverage of the AAFP's National Conference of Special Constituencies including the adoption of a resolution calling on the Academy to withdraw from the AMA's Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee, or RUC; and an announcement about the AAFP Foundation's launch of its Family Medicine Cares prog...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - May 13, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, May 06, 2011
This week's audio news summary features an announcement from CMS that it paid physicians nearly $400 million in quality reporting and electronic prescribing incentives in 2009; a story about a statement from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society opposing any legislation or regulation that would allow children to be exempted from mandatory immunizations based on their parents' secular personal beliefs; news of a Bristol-Myers Squibb recall of one lot of 5-milligram warfarin tablets; notification that the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission have joined forces to remove products from the market that make unproven claims ...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - May 6, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, April 29, 2011
This week's audio news summary features an announcement of measures that would require physicians who prescribe opioids to complete CME; notification that the AAFP has changed its CME reporting process to comply with a new rule regarding AMA Physician's Recognition Award Category 1 credit; coverage of the AAFP's new family medicine principles for state health insurance exchanges; a story about the FDA's approval of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine for children as young as 9 months old; and an announcement that the AAFP has adopted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices's provisional recommendations re...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - April 29, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, April 22, 2011
This week's audio news summary features coverage of a report that states office-based physicians, including family physicians, contributed more than a trillion dollars to the U.S. economy in 2009; notification that a research firm is surveying primary care physicians to gauge the level of interest in adding two-dimensional bar codes to vaccine vials and syringes; a report from the Institute of Medicine, or IOM, that calls for more education and training of present and future primary care physicians about detection and management of HIV infection; a story about a new family medicine fellowship from the American Board of Fa...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - April 22, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, April 15, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about AAFP's call to federal lawmakers to invest in primary care as part of the 2012 budget; notification that proposed revisions to the Medical College Admission Test may help medical schools select students likely to go into family medicine; a warning to parents from the FDA not to give certain benzocaine products to children younger than 2; and a story about the Academy and other members of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies urging CMS to ensure that regulations for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act are clear, consistent and in context. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - April 15, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, April 08, 2011
This week's audio news summary features an announcement about AAFP News Now's launch of a special report on electronic health records; a story about legislation that would require CMS to augment its current process for setting values for Medicare services with an additional, independent analysis; notification that the Academy and six of its constituent chapters have created resources on accountable care organizations; a story about congressional passage of a bill that eliminates an unpopular tax provision in the health care reform law; an item on CMS' enforcement of compliance with its home health face-to-face encounter r...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - April 8, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, April 01, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about the House Energy and Commerce Committee's efforts to gather ideas from the Academy and others on how to reform Medicare's physician payment system; an announcement about a clinical data repository pilot launched by the AAFP's Center for Health IT; notification about a serious drug mislabeling error that has resulted in a recall involving two generic drugs; a story about a free app that gives physicians quick access to commonly used CPT billing codes; and a reminder to family physicians to check out the latest entry in the AAFP News Now Chapter of the Month series that f...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - April 1, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, March 25, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story on physician re-entry programs; an announcement about new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding young children and car seats; information about a recall of povidine iodine prep pads; an announcement about the AAFP Foundation's revamped estate planning and planned giving resources; and notification about two new online communities that have been added to the Academy's members-only social networking website, AAFP Connection. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - March 25, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, March 25, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story on physician re-entry programs; an announcement about new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding young children and car seats; information about a recall of povidine iodine prep pads; an announcement about the AAFP Foundation's revamped estate planning and planned giving resources; and notification about two new online communities that have been added to the Academy's members-only social networking website, AAFP Connections. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - March 25, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, March 18, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about the 2011 National Resident Matching Program and family medicine's record-high fill rate of 94.4 percent; coverage of the Academy's efforts to equip members for ICD-10-CM and the 5010 transaction standards; information about efforts to delay implementation of CMS' home health face-to-face encounter rule; an update on the Academy's efforts to eliminate the sustainable growth rate formula; and an announcement about the CDC's revamped website that is dedicated to National Infant Immunization Week. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - March 18, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, March 11, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about remarks AAFP President Roland Goertz, M.D., made to congressional staff members during a Capitol Hill briefing on the value of primary care; information explaining the criteria for CMS' electronic-prescribing incentive program; a safety announcement from the FDA regarding the hypomagnesemia risk associated with long-term use of prescription proton pump inhibitors; and notification from the FDA about an increased risk for cleft lip and cleft palate in infants born to mothers who use topiramate, which is marketed as Topamax, during pregnancy. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - March 11, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, March 4, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about an FDA crackdown on unapproved prescription drugs; notification about the release of a joint policy statement from the AAFP and the American Academy of Physician Assistants; an update from CMS regarding eligibility guidelines for physicians who are new to Medicare and who want to participate in the agency's 2011 Primary Care Incentive Program; information about an online resource aimed at helping physicians and their patients understand the health care reform law; an announcement about a free iPhone application that helps family physicians prepare for the Maintenance of...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - March 4, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about the AAFP's response to the Obama administration's proposed fiscal year 2012 budget, an announcement from CMS that it has postponed the April 1 implementation date of its Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor program, details about an HHS-directed pilot project on payment bundling that begins in 2013, notification of a CDC health alert related to an ongoing outbreak of pertussis in multiple parts of the country and information about a new electronic guidebook designed to help family physicians get the most out of their Academy membership. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - February 25, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts