January 31, 2024

Understanding Medicare Add on Code G2211: A Comprehensive Guide

Being a primary care physician is hard. Unlike some of our specialist colleagues, we can’t focus on a single organ system each visit. However, until recently, insurance reimbursement did not acknowledge the increased effort involved in providing comprehensive care. Enter G2211, a game-changer in Medicare billing that compensates for the increased time and complexity inherent in primary care. The G2211 add-on CPT code was initially developed in 2020 and slated for implementation in 2021. However, due to budgetary considerations, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 postponed its activation until January 1st, 2024. Click here to read more.

Last Call: 2024 FAFP Leadership Academy Deadline is Today, January 31

Are you interested in…

• Becoming an impactful leader and being part of the FAFP cohort of emerging Family Physician leaders?
• Pursuing to lead across and within the healthcare industry and providing high-quality patient care through effective leadership?
• Personal mastery and enhancing your relationship and change management skills?
• Taking charge of your leadership journey and creating your personal leadership development plan?
• Getting one-on-one leadership guidance from an experienced physician and executive?

If you answered “YES” to one or more of the questions above, apply now for the 2024 FAFP Leadership Academy: Foundations of Leadership.

Apply Now and take the next steps to your leadership journey!

Application Deadline: January 31, 2024

Program Date: Friday, April 5, 2024

Location: Signia Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL

Facilitator: Bruce Flareau, MD

Click here to apply.

Restrictive Covenants - FAFP's Legislative Priority Passes Senate Health Policy!

While the legislative session was still fairly quiet last week (Capitol Update Week 3), the FAFP's number one legislative priority Senate Bill 458 passed the Senate Health Policy Committee yesterday unanimously! The FAFP testified as to how restrictive covenants/non-compete employment clauses negatively impact family physicians, and why it is important that they be made invalid (fast forward to 32 minutes in the video playback). While passage of SB 458 and its companion HB11 is unlikely this legislative session, this positive momentum was gained toward passage in the future. Remember, FAFP Capitol Updates are posted weekly on the FAFP Advocacy page, and provide the most current information on the FAFP's involvement in Tallahassee. 

REGISTER NOW: 2024 Family Medicine Spring Forum

Registration is now open for the Family Medicine Spring Forum 2024, April 5-7, at The Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek. The meeting will be held as a hybrid event, giving attendees the option to register for either traditional, In-Person attendance or remote, Virtual attendance, presented via live streaming.

As an attendee, you will have the following options:

Virtual Attendance: 

Attend the meeting remote from the comfort of your own space (e.g., home/office).

In-Person Attendance:

Attend the meeting at the Signia by Hilton and be physically present to participate in the educational sessions.

Earn up to 19.0 live CME credits. Educational content and available live CME credits will be exactly the same for both virtual and in-person attendees. CME hours obtained at an FAFP meeting (live or virtual), go towards the FL Chapter requirement (of 12 CME hours). For the CME agenda, click here.

CLICK HERE for meeting registration.

Signia by Hilton - Orlando Bonnet Creek

14100 Bonnet Creek Resort Lane

Orlando, FL 32821

(407) 597-3600

BOOK NOW

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The FAFP room rate is available until March 13, or until the room block is full. Parking: Attendees staying at the Signia by Hilton will receive a daily discounted rate of $18 for overnight self-parking. Optional overnight valet parking is available for $52 per day. Attendees who are staying off property will have the option to self-park for $36 per day or valet for $52 per day.

NOW OPEN - Registration for Stand-Alone, Virtual KSA: Pain Medicine

Registration is now open for the stand-alone FAFP Virtual ABFM KSA Study Group: Pain Medicine that will be presented via Zoom on Thursday, March 7, 2024 from 6:30pm-9:00pm EST. CLICK HERE to register today. The registration deadline is Monday, March 4, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.

You will earn 10 certification points and 8 enduring (not live) CME credits after successful completion of each KSA; ABFM will award these certification points and enduring CME credits.



Before you register:

Please check your ABFM Physician Portfolio to make sure that you are eligible to take this KSA topic. Visit the ABFM website: www.theabfm.org, or call the support number at 1-877-223-7437 if you need help determining what modules you need.

January Member Spotlight - Dr. Krista Brinkerhoff

"Upon graduating residency in 2020, I started with Florida Health Care Plans (FHCP), a health care insurance company in east central Florida with an integrated care model. I transitioned from a resident clinic whose patients had a rotating door of physicians, and I inherited a panel that had been with the same physician for 20-30 years. Initially, I was confused about why my patients wanted their visit to center on questions about me and my motivations to become a physician. Quickly, I realized they were analyzing how my values and beliefs influenced the care they would receive."

CLICK HERE to read more.

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