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An indexed, peer-reviewed journal of the AAFP | Practical ideas for improving practice, enhancing the patient experience, and developing a rewarding career

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APSO or SOAP? There's evidence that one documentation method is better than the other. bit.ly/3UUxCof
Practice Pearls

Practice Pearls

Use APSO vs. SOAP to improve EHR notes | Look for simple, low-cost ways to recognize physicians | Quantify in-basket workload to create shared accountability

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When to use the #G2211 add-on code | Q: Can I report an E/M service, G2211, and venipuncture at the same visit, and is modifier 25 required? A: aafp.org/fpm/blogs/getting-p…
Decoding G2211: when to use the add-on code

Decoding G2211: when to use the add-on code

Can you bill an E/M code, G2211, and a venipuncture code with modifier 25 for the same visit?

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It’s time to review your #MIPS performance report, which Medicare will use to determine whether you get a positive, neutral, or negative payment adjustment next year. Here's how to access your data and report any errors. aafp.org/fpm/blogs/getting-p…
Review your MIPS score and payment adjustment by the deadline

Review your MIPS score and payment adjustment by the deadline

It’s time to review your Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance feedback and final scores. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2025 reports,...

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The AAFP journals' audio app partner, Modio, is recruiting medical students for narration work. Interested? Details below.
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Remote Job Opportunity: @ModioInfo is hiring medical students to narrate leading, peer-reviewed, journal articles; enabling practitioners to consume without forgoing office time. Apply today: ow.ly/TGMA50ZQkXm. Deadline is 11/15. #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter #Match2027
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Does your EHR have a cut-and-paste feature enabled? It probably shouldn't. Here's what to use instead. bit.ly/4xWSxp8
Coding & Documentation

Coding & Documentation

Coding & Documentation

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The real power of AI for busy physicians? It’s "an intellectual pressure relief valve, helping preserve our cognitive reserve." bit.ly/46r187C
AI and the 4 p.m. Slump

AI and the 4 p.m. Slump

Leveraging AI to reduce low-value tasks can create decision-making capacity.

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Deciding which AI tools to implement — and which to avoid — just got EASIER. bit.ly/4xX28wj
An “EASIER” Framework for Evaluating AI Tools

An “EASIER” Framework for Evaluating AI Tools

Deciding which AI tools to implement, and which to avoid, just got EASIER.

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This clinic set out to create a garden for patients in need — and ended up cultivating connection, wellness, and blue-ribbon-worthy rosemary. Here’s how. bit.ly/3TxPAwn
Harvesting Health: How to Build a Clinic-Based Community Garden

Harvesting Health: How to Build a Clinic-Based Community Garden

A clinic-based garden can help feed your community in more ways than one. Here's how to build and sustain it.

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A roadmap to help navigate the prior-authorization maze for GLP-1 medications. bit.ly/4h7PUtk
Easing Prior Authorization for GLP-1s

Easing Prior Authorization for GLP-1s

The right documentation can streamline approvals and help patients access these often life-changing medications.

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Primary care physicians now have a simpler way to get paid for the time they spend managing patients' care between visits: Advanced Primary Care Management codes. No time tracking required. bit.ly/3SQt6GJ
Implementing Advanced Primary Care Management: A Practical Guide

Implementing Advanced Primary Care Management: A Practical Guide

Primary care practices now have a simpler way to get paid for time spent managing patients' care between visits, including behavioral health care.

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Highlights from our latest issue: A Guide to APCM Coding | Easing Prior Auth for GLP-1s | How to Build a Clinic-Based Community Garden | An "EASIER" Framework for Evaluating AI Tools | Rethinking Parental Leave in Medicine | Coding Q&As aafp.org/fpm
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In this joint editorial, editors of the seven US-based family medicine journals underscore the evidence that a strong primary care infrastructure is clearly related to improved health. aafp.org/fpm/2026/0900/power…
The Power of Primary Care to Improve Health

The Power of Primary Care to Improve Health

Given the known benefits of primary care, health organizations and policymakers should refocus resources to the services that will serve patients best.

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Authors: Sumi Sexton, MD; Sarina Schrager, MD, MS; Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH; Christopher P. Morley, PhD; Caroline Richardson, MD; Jon Neher, MD; and James DomDera, MD
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Note: This editorial is being published simultaneously in @AFPJournal, @AnnFamMed, Evidence-Based Practice, @fammedjournal, @FPMJournal,@JAmBoardFamMed, and @PRiMER_Journal.
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In honor of #PeerReviewWeek, thank you to the FPM peer reviewers for your contributions to our journal. We could not do the important work of supporting family physicians without you! aafp.org/fpm/2026/0100/peer-…
Thank You, 2025 FPM Peer Reviewers

Thank You, 2025 FPM Peer Reviewers

Quality peer reviews help the FPM editors select and publish articles that are accurate, authoritative, and useful to family physicians and others in primary care. We would like to thank the follow...

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Lifestyle counseling for overweight or sarcopenia: when to bill 99401-99404 and when not to. bit.ly/4wwZ4Gz
Coding & Documentation

Coding & Documentation

Coding & Documentation

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What’s missing in resident training: a curriculum for navigating the health care maze. bit.ly/3RFEOmH
Preparing Residents to Navigate the Health Care System

Preparing Residents to Navigate the Health Care System

We do our residents a disservice if we let them finish training without a basic understanding of the labyrinthine health care system.

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Health plans keep pledging — and failing — to relieve the prior auth burden. Now, regulators have stepped in with much-needed reforms. bit.ly/4wqrgdV
Prior Authorization Reforms: The New Reality

Prior Authorization Reforms: The New Reality

New regulations and new pressures on health plans could finally bring change to prior authorization. Here’s what you need to know to protect your patients’ rights, and your own.

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EHR-induced burnout is real. Employers should provide ongoing, individualized EHR training beyond onboarding. bit.ly/4fvhFNe
Improving EHR Efficiency Through Individualized Optimization Sessions

Improving EHR Efficiency Through Individualized Optimization Sessions

A short session of personalized training with a medical informaticist can help physicians mitigate pain points and learn new EHR functions.

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