What is an NPI number? An NPI is a way for insurance companies and other entities to identify your practice. NPIs may also be used to identify health care providers on prescriptions, in internal files ...

The new coding structure addresses challenges faced by family physicians in getting appropriate payment for maternity care. The maternity care landscape has changed drastically in the 30 years since ...

Quality improvement (QI) is a systematic, formal approach to the analysis of practice performance and efforts to improve performance. A variety of approaches—also known as QI models—exist to help you ...

• Bisphosphonates, for up to five years orally or three years intravenously, are first-line therapy for osteoporosis. • Denosumab injections every six months improve bone density more quickly than ...

In many practices, the primary care workload is unsustainable. Establishing a more reasonable one is, paradoxically, key to addressing the workforce shortage. Many primary care physicians trudge into ...

Positional therapy for OSA reduces scores on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale compared with no treatment. Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improves AHI ...

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 12% to 20% of Americans 60 years and older. The most significant risk factors for PAD are hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, ...

Peripheral neuropathy, a common neurologic problem encountered by family physicians, can be classified clinically by the anatomic pattern of presenting symptoms and, if indicated, by results of ...

A febrile seizure is a seizure occurring in a child six months to five years of age that is accompanied by a fever (100.4°F or greater) without central nervous system infection. Febrile seizures are ...

Acute paronychia usually involves only one digit at a time; more widespread disease warrants a broader investigation for systemic issues (Table 1). 1, 2 Chronic paronychia typically involves multiple ...

• An IGRA is recommended over a TST in persons at least five years of age who are likely to have M. tuberculosis infection • If pulmonary TB is suspected, an AFB smear can be performed; three ...

Chronic nonallergic rhinitis encompasses a group of rhinitis subtypes without allergic or infectious etiologies. Although chronic nonallergic rhinitis represents about one-fourth of rhinitis cases and ...