Family physicians are in the unique position to address risky alcohol use among women of childbearing age that could lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), a leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disabilities. Research shows that alcohol SBI, which includes short...
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Medicare’s Direct Provider Contracting: To Primary Care And Beyond
Direct provider contracting (DPC) is coming to Medicare.
Under a new announcement about reforming health care payment and delivery, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced forthcoming DPC models as part of the effort to “...
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Measles/Plan-for-Travel
Most measles cases in the U.S. result from international travel. Make sure you and your loved ones are protected against measles before international travel.
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Patients Over Paperwork
Patients Over Paperwork
We’re putting patients first by reviewing and streamlining our regulations so we can:
Reduce unnecessary burden
Increase efficiencies
Improve the beneficiary experience
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Systole and Diastole, Strength and Openness
Seize diastole,” my medical school professor said. The words were a clever metaphor for a life well lived. During systole, the powerful myocardium contracts, generating pressure that propels open the aortic valve. Blood flows out into the circulation.
Diastole, the process of letting go...
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Submit a Suggestion for a New Evidence Review
What health care decisions are you struggling with? Would a review of the scientific evidence help inform this decision? Share your ideas with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program. AHRQ will use these ideas to determine the focus of...
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Press Conference: New Value-Based Approach to Primary Care
Join HHS Secretary Alex Azar, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Director Adam Boehler for a press conference on a new value-based approach to primary care.
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Research-to-Practice-Research (RPR) Exchange User Guide
The user guide for the Research-to-Practice-Research (RPR) Exchange.
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FDA updates warnings for fluoroquinolone antibiotics on risks of mental health and low blood sugar adverse reactions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today is requiring safety labeling changes for a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones to strengthen the warnings about the risks of mental health side effects and serious blood sugar disturbances, and make these warnings more consistent across the...
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Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care
Most patients taking opioids for chronic pain are managed by primary care providers and their staff. Many practices are looking for help in managing their patients using chronic opioid therapy. To meet this need, AHRQ funded the Six...
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