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Digital PHQ-9 Forms for Mental and Behavioral Health Practices
The effect that COVID-19 has had on the American healthcare industry as well as...
Missouri Rounds Off Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) for All 50 U.S. States
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) are among the most eminent state-run interventions to combat...
What Physicians and Dentists Should Know About California’s 2022 Electronic Prescribing Mandate (EPCS)
According to the AAMC State Physician Workforce Data Report, California has over 110,000 active...
What Is the Seriously Ill Population (SIP) Model? What Your Practice Needs to Know
In 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced five new alternative...
Why They Matter: Understanding the Relationship Between EPCS and PDMPs
In an urgent effort to combat the record-setting rise in opioid deaths sweeping the...
Creating a Successful Collaborative Care Model (CoCM)
Mental health conditions continue to be one of the leading causes of disability worldwide....
Trends in Preventive Medicine
Over the last 10 years, preventive medicine has evolved to embody patients’ overall well-being—both...
The State of Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) in 2022
While 2018 brought the nation’s first drop in drug-associated deaths in 25 years, the...
Primary Care First Payment Model Rewards Quality and Value
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Primary Care First (PCF),...
Boost Patient Safety With Your Electronic Health Records
Preventable medical errors result in more than 250,000 deaths each year, according to a...
How Providers Can Remove Barriers to Patient Compliance
The best medication and treatment plans in the world aren’t effective without patient compliance....
[Update] CMS Delays Federal EPCS Compliance Enforcement to January 1, 2023
In 2018, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act mandated that Medicare Part D...