Vol. 62 No. 4
Fall 2011
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Cover: Trading volume for valueRemember when health care reform was all about slowly transforming care delivery to address rising costs? Welcome to the new reality, where deficit reduction is the first order of business. Can we solve the country’s health care cost crisis by aligning payment incentives with desired outcomes in a new era of austerity?
By Jonathan Nelson
HIT incentives start paying offPhysicians who show “meaningful use” of health information technology have begun receiving federal incentive payments. And they’re reaping quality benefits for their patients.
By Erin Redwine
PRESIDENT'S COLUMN: TAFP’s new president wants your five minutes for family medicine
FROM AAFP: Initiative will use blended payment model to drive health care transformation
FROM AAFP: AAFP addresses RUC subcommittee regarding changes the Academy seeks
MEMBER NEWS: San Antonio FMIG honored for excellence | Dallas physician named top teacher | TAFP remembers three influential family physicians: Bain, Hyde, and Kleinman
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: AAFP’s coding expert Cindy Hughes helps you and your practice prepare for the change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 ANNUAL SESSION REVIEW: Physicians gather in Dallas for a busy weekend of education, fellowship ANNUAL SESSION MINUTES IN BRIEF FOUNDATION FOCUS: TAFP Foundation flourishes, thanks to members TAFP PERSPECTIVE: Medical home pilots can cut health care costs
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: AAFP’s coding expert Cindy Hughes helps you and your practice prepare for the change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 ANNUAL SESSION REVIEW: Physicians gather in Dallas for a busy weekend of education, fellowship ANNUAL SESSION MINUTES IN BRIEF FOUNDATION FOCUS: TAFP Foundation flourishes, thanks to members TAFP PERSPECTIVE: Medical home pilots can cut health care costs
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