Search results for "Rural Health"
Congress' annual rite of passage to health care spending
ACP encourages Congress to consider end-of-year issues more fully, such as ensuring that Medicare payment cuts do not threaten primary care during what seems like an annual rite of passage.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/02/congress-annual-rite-of-passage-to-health-care-spending.htm
1 Feb 2022
Telehealth expands reach of palliative care in rural areas
Some rural hospitals and palliative care programs are using telehealth to reach distant patients in an environment of clinician scarcity or budget constraints.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/02/telehealth-expands-reach-of-palliative-care-in-rural-areas.htm
1 Feb 2020
Primary care works in cooperative, close-knit North Dakota
Eccentricities and efficiencies make North Dakota rise to the top quartiles of health care rankings for access, quality, use, equity and outcomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/dakota.htm
1 Nov 2008
Changes, improvements for Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Recent changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule affecting internists are detailed, including tweaks to chronic care management codes, e-prescribing and telehealth.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/02/coding.htm
1 Feb 2014
Four more screening, counseling services covered by Medicare
Alcohol, depression, sexually transmitted diseases and obesity therapy are now covered within the primary care setting. Learn how to incorporate these into a practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/coding.htm
1 Mar 2012
New internal medicine residency gains foothold in Nepal
Patan Hospital of Nepal, a tertiary-level referral center that treats nearly 320,000 outpatients and 20,000 inpatients each year, began an internal medicine residency program last year.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/new-internal-medicine-residency-gains-foothold-in-nepal.htm
1 Apr 2018
Childhood disease survivors need comprehensive care
A look at how internists can manage a rising population of patients who, while currently well, might need lifelong follow-up.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2010
Government service offers Fellow a chance to help millions
Mandy Krauthamer Cohen, MD, MPH, FACP, North Carolina's new secretary of its Department of Health and Human Services, sees government service as a way to help a wide constituency—patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/government-service-offers-fellow-a-chance-to-help-millions.htm
1 Nov 2017
Influencing the details of health reform so internists get paid
It is often said that people don't see the forest for the trees, obsessing on the details instead of the big picture.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2011
FDA UPDATE Recalls, warnings andlabel changes Label and packagingchanges ...
CMS finalized telehealth proposals todefine rural Health Professional ShortageAreas (HPSAs) as those located in rural cen-sus tracts as determined by the Office ofRural Health Policy (ORHP) and to establishand maintain ... It is also expected to help avoid theoperational difficulties associated withadministering mid-year Medicare tele-health payment changes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/02/acpi-201402-puzzle_t1.pdf
23 Jan 2014