“We do hope to continue our work to improve tobacco cessation efforts through provider involvement with ad- ditional funding,” Dr. Karn said. Dr. Angelocci says the basic tenets
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We have exciting opportunities for board certified/board eligible physicians to join Covenant Medical Group. The ideal candidate should have experience and a Texas license.
of the e-protocol are applicable to any health system with a customizable EHR. “The important aspects are the re-
quired update of the smoking status at every visit, forced assessment of readi- ness to quit in smokers, an established cessation referral system that offers the patient options, and ease of initiation of a referral. But the workflow specifics could definitely vary. Any protocol needs to be flexible to adapt to existing rou- tines that vary by clinic location, staffing resources, or medical specialty,” she said.
tobacco products are equally or more im- portant ways for physicians to promote good health.”
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POEP podcast fights tobacco
Physicians can help their patients quit smoking and be paid for it. A podcast from the Texas Medical Association’s Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) explains how. “Tobacco Cessation Counseling: Right
for the Patient, Good for Reimburse- ment” focuses on the efficacy of physi- cian interventions, “incident to” services as defined by Medicare, current statistics regarding patient assessment of tobacco use, coding tips, a reimbursement calcu- lator, and the “Five A’s” of tobacco ces- sation. The podcast is accredited for 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, including ethics education. “The key for physicians to effectively
promote good health is having a range of resources available for counseling and education,” said Deborah A. Fuller, MD, chair of the TMA Council on Health Pro- motion and a Dallas obstetrician-gyne- cologist. “Treating addiction to tobacco is one of the most important ways we can help patients prevent some of the very serious and life-threatening condi- tions related to tobacco use. Effective training tools that physicians can use to counsel patients never to start using
The podcast features the Tobacco Ces- sation Counseling Calculator (www.tex
med.org/tobacco_calculator). Physicians can use this tool to determine how many patients might benefit from counseling and an estimate of the potential revenue from billing for such services. POEP also offers more in-depth train- ing on tobacco cessation counseling, in- cluding tips on motivational interview- ing and current pharmacotherapies, in the form of educational modules and podcasts, iPhone apps, and pocket guides. These items are available on the POEP website,
www.texmed.org/poep. The Council on Health Promotion and the TMA Foundation collaborated on the podcast. For more information, email Laura Wells at
laura.wells@texmed.org, or call her at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1673, or (512) 370-1673.
TMA, AMA comment on meaningful use EHR program
The Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association submitted formal comments to the Office of the Na- tional Coordinator for Health Informa- tion Technology (ONC) on the Health IT Policy Committee’s proposal for Stage 3 of the Medicare and Medicaid meaning- ful use electronic health record (EHR) program requirements. Joseph Schneider, MD, chair of the
TMA Ad Hoc Committee on Health Infor- mation Technology, signed the associa- tion’s letter to ONC. TMA’s overarching concerns include the following:
• TMA strongly opposes physicians be- ing measured, incentivized, or penal- ized based on the actions of patients that are beyond physicians’ control.
• TMA opposes any measures that frac- ture patient access to records by in- centivizing multiple patient portals.
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