Apr 17, 2018 | Community Health Centers, FQHC, General, Quality Measures, Reimbursement, RHC, Tips/Techniques
As part of the Medicare preventive service programs, three distinct services have been developed to assist providers and community wellness programs to provide care to diabetic patients. Diabetes affects more than 25 percent of Americans aged 65 or older, and its...
Jan 30, 2018 | FQHC, General, Performing the AWV/IPPE, Quality Measures, Reimbursement, Tips/Techniques
“Alcohol consumption among older adults in the U.S. has grown steadily over the past couple of decades. Between 2002 and 2006, an average of 2.8 million adults over the age of 50 suffered from substance use disorders, including alcoholism. By 2020, that number is...
Jan 23, 2018 | FQHC, Quality Measures, Reimbursement, Tips/Techniques
Tobacco use is still the most common cause of preventable disease in the United States. Patients who qualify for Medicare are more likely to use or have used tobacco products in the past than most other patients. It wasn’t until 1970 that the Surgeon General’s...
Jan 16, 2018 | FQHC, Quality Measures, RHC, Tips/Techniques
Based on the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Medicare has begun to reimburse primary care providers for select preventive care services. Within that framework of preventive services, we are seeing more and more services...
Dec 26, 2017 | Community Health Centers, FQHC, Performing the AWV/IPPE, Quality Measures, Tips/Techniques
Obesity is an epidemic that causes 1 in every 5 deaths in America and costs approximately 190.2 billion annually in healthcare costs. In our pilot, it was sometimes my responsibility to meet with patients before they met with the wellness nurse. Often, during this...
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