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6 steps to ensure patients don't miss chronic or preventive care

Panel management, or population health management, equips physicians and their teams with techniques to monitor their patient populations so they can provide necessary preventive and chronic care to all patients, regardless of their visit frequency.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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Physicians teach their secrets to success

Finding time to develop new ways to improve practice efficiency takes away from time spent with patients. The AMA’s STEPS Forward website offers interactive educational modules that help physicians address practice challenges using proven solutions other physicians have developed and implemented in their own practices.

Sustainability
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8 steps to help address EHR woes with team documentation

The chief complaint with electronic health record (EHR) systems for many physicians is that they’ve become typists and must spend time away from patient care for documentation. But some practices have found a solution to this problem by implementing team documentation—and they’re seeing returns on their investments.

Digital
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10 steps to pre-visit planning that can produce big savings

Pre-visit planning for patients can increase efficiency, saving both physician and staff time. Ten steps address tasks such as scheduling patients for future appointments and arranging for pre-visit lab testing.

Sustainability
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CMS continues ICD-10 education, names “ombudsman”

In July, CMS announced that the AMA secured flexibilities for physicians to make the transition to ICD-10 less disruptive. Part of the provisions the AMA secured include CMS establishing a communication center to monitor issues and an ICD-10 ombudsman devoted to triaging physician issues.

Claims Processing
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How the AMA is helping America's physicians combat burnout

Research shows that the rates of burnout and fatigue affect about 40 percent of U.S. physicians, over 10 percentage points higher than the general population.

Press Releases
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How physicians are helping rethink EHRs

Doctors across the country are frustrated with electronic health record (EHR) systems. Physician involvement in a special group of heath IT leaders could help rethink EHRs.

Digital
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AMA launches STEPS Forward to address physician burnout

The AMA launched an effort to help physicians redesign their practices to minimize burnout from administrative stress and reignite professional fulfillment.

Press Releases