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APCM services are largely designed to be person-centered and focused on the individual patient, such that the elements that are provided depend on medical necessity and individual patient need
In the CY 2016 PFS final rule, in considering how to improve the accuracy of our payments for care coordination, particularly for patients requiring more extensive care management, we stated that we believe the care coordination and management for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions, a particularly complicated disease or acute condition, or certain behavioral health conditions often requires extensive discussion, information-sharing, and planning between a primary care physician and a specialist (for example, with a neurologist for a patient with Alzheimer's disease plus other chronic diseases) (80 FR 70919)
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Importantly, a clear doseresponse relationship has been documented, with the risk of MASLD increasing proportionally to cumulative smoking exposure