The July/August issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox

The July/August issue of ACP Internist is now online, with top stories including the following.

DME requests pose practice problems. Documentation requirements for some types of durable medical equipment (DME) are increasing, but DME requests can also be time-consuming in other ways for physician practices.

Seeking common ground on CKD screening. ACP's 2013 guideline on screening, monitoring, and treatment of stage 1 to 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) raised an immediate response from leaders of the American Society of Nephrology. Learn where the 2 organizations agree and disagree about screening for CKD.

Changes coming for colon cancer screening.Colonoscopies are an obvious target in the current push to decrease health care costs, given their expense and utilization, said experts at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago in May.

These and other stories, plus the latest Test Yourself with the MKSAP Quiz, are online.