Erschienen in:
23.05.2021 | Viewpoint
Rethinking What Is Essential in the Office Visit Note
verfasst von:
Stephen D. Persell, MD, MPH, Heather L. Heiman, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 11/2021
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Excerpt
The new ambulatory documentation rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which took effect on January 1, are far from the most dramatic medical news of this new year.
1 But these changes, which significantly update long-stagnant documentation requirements for office-based evaluation and management visits, deserve attention and applause. The rules attribute trust and value to the cognitive reasoning of the outpatient physician, and they may allow office visit notes to better serve the needs of physicians, patients, and colleagues. …