An Uncommon Cause of Bradycardia Treated With Catheter Ablation
This case report describes a woman in her 50s who presented for evaluation of fatigue and exertional dyspnea.
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Intramedullary Hemorrhage Causing Quadriplegia in the Setting of a Type B Aortic Dissection
This case report describes a 73-year-old man with a type B aortic dissection and quadriplegia.
Combining Medications With Bariatric Surgery to Treat Obesity
This JAMA Insights examines the efficacy, adverse effects, and best approach to combining metabolic and bariatric surgery with weight loss medications for the treatment of obesity.
Toward a Safer World by 2040 – The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms
Importance Since the start of the 21st century, more than 800 000 firearm deaths and more than 2 million firearm injuries have occurred in the US. All categories of firearm violence—homicide, suicide, unintentional—result in reverberating harms to individuals, families, communities, and society….
Is Advance Care Planning Required at Every Medicare Patient Visit?
Advance care planning is a billable, face-to-face service between a physician (or other provider) and a patient and/or surrogate to discuss and make known the patient’s health care wishes in case the patient becomes unable to make health care decisions…
Does CMS Prohibit the Use of Note Templates?
CMS defines a template as a “tool/instrument/interface that assists in documenting a progress note.” Physicians and other licensed independent providers routinely create their own and may even collaborate with other colleagues and care team members to develop effective templates. However,…
Are Only Physicians and Other Billing Health Care Professionals Allowed to Enter or Change Diagnosis and Procedure Codes?
In many health care settings, a procedure or service is reviewed by a certified professional coder or other billing specialist before being submitted as a claim to the payer. In some instances, CPT codes and/or the associated diagnosis codes need…
Can FQHCs Bill for More Than One Visit on the Same Day Per Patient?
A lack of clarity and awareness exists around circumstances in which FQHCs can bill for more than one visit on the same day for the same patient. This confusion can create unnecessary burdens for both physicians and patients. Such burdens…
Can Non-Physician Care Team Members Respond to Patient Messages?
The use of text-based secure messaging platforms has increased as a means of clinician-to-clinician and clinician-to-patient communication. As some organizations require that only physicians respond to all patient portal messages, there exists confusion around whether non-physicians may respond to these…
Are “Break-the-Glass” Functions Required for Employee EHR Access?
Break-the-glass, or break-glass functions require an EHR user to enter additional authentication information and documentation of a specific business reason for accessing a patient record before they can enter a patient’s chart that is subject to heightened restrictions. The feature,…
