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Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes wins, concerns
While many of the schedule's provisions could help to strengthen primary care and support equity and innovation, congressional action is needed to prevent payment cuts and preserve access to telehealth, ACP says.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/07/16/6.htm
16 Jul 2024
Breaking barriers in PAD treatment
Medical societies released an updated guideline for the management of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) that includes preventive medical therapy and the latest thinking on effective screening, diagnosis, treatment, and risk management strategies.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/breaking-barriers-in-pad-treatment.htm
1 Oct 2024
Low back pain patients with opioid use disorder more likely to get more opioids
One-quarter of Medicare beneficiaries seeking care for acute low back pain received opioid prescriptions, according to 2016 to 2019 data. Patients with opioid use disorder received higher opioid doses and were more likely to be coprescribed gabapentin.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/06/11/4.htm
11 Jun 2024
Tackling care fragmentation in patients on dialysis
Primary care for patients on dialysis is highly variable, with no typical way that it is delivered. Careful coordination is key.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/09/tackling-care-fragmentation-in-patients-on-dialysis.htm
1 Sep 2024
Coadministration of antidepressants, certain opioids linked to adverse events in nursing home patients
Older nursing home patients who received both CYP2D6-metabolized opioids and CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants were at higher risk for worsening pain, pain-related hospitalization, pain-related ED visits, and opioid use disorder in a recent study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/07/23/1.htm
23 Jul 2024
Making the rounds in the halls of Congress
Hundreds of ACP member physicians advocated for internal medicine at the annual Leadership Day.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/09/making-the-rounds-in-the-halls-of-congress.htm
1 Sep 2024
ACP supports proposed changes in Medicare payments to physicians
The new provisions were included in the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020 that was released by CMS on July 29.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/06/2.htm
6 Aug 2019
A changing landscape: The trajectory of Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage is changing the landscape of how care is delivered and reimbursed, and the number of enrollees in such plans is quickly growing.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/11/a-changing-landscape-the-trajectory-of-medicare-advantage.htm
1 Nov 2022
Physicians may miss flu vaccination opportunities for Medicare patients
Only 50.5% of Medicare beneficiaries ages 19 or older had received an influenza vaccine during the 2018 to 2019 flu season, and vaccination rates were significantly higher among White beneficiaries than Black or Hispanic beneficiaries.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/16/2.htm
16 Nov 2021
Persevere along the trail of your advocacy journey
ACP members took to the Capitol for Leadership Day to address reducing administrative burden, compensating physicians for the value of care they provide, and supporting programs that strengthen the physician workforce.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/07/persevere-along-the-trail-of-your-advocacy-journey.htm
1 Jul 2024