Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

A study of an insurance claims database found that family physicians are more likely to perform colonoscopies in older, male patients residing in more rural areas of the Midwest, South, and Western United States. From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by family physicians decreased from 11.3%

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Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 52

ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Salahuddin Kazi, MD, Chair, Rheumatology Board The Rheumatology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 11, 2025. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. The following is a summary report of the spring meeting.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Community Government 40

Noreta Family Medicine

JUNE 25, 2024

A few weeks later, I received a letter in the mail from the patient’s insurance company saying that their records indicated that the patient was not taking one of the diabetes medicines in that class, and that they recommended that I prescribe one of those medicines. Insurance companies tend to lag behind current medical research.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Primary Care Board-Certified 52

ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Telehealth Government 52

ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Gertz, MD, MACP, Chair, ABIM Hematology Board The Hematology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of ABIM policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on May 2, 2025. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. The following is a summary of the spring meeting.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Government Community 40

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago. So, I don’t think we should have these silos. What is it called? Cancer Pain, Non-Cancer Pain: A Distinction Without the Difference?

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136