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Implementation of Exercise Management Services Among Sports Medicine Physicians in the United States
Geoffrey E Moore1, Chad Carlson2, Jonathan P Bonnet3
1Healthy Living & Exercise Medicine Associates, Ithaca, New York.
Objective:
Assessment of physical activity and exercise prescription has been widely supported by many organizations, yet provision of such services remains limited in the United States. We sought to uncover why such services have not been widely adopted.
Design:
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine organized a task force to canvas physicians and survey the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine membership.
Setting:
Peer-to-peer and telecommunication discussions and web-based questionnaires.
Participants:
Sports medicine physicians in the United States.
Interventions:
None.
Main Outcome Measures:
Percentage of sports medicine physicians who provide exercise management services and mechanisms of billing for exercise management, identify barriers to such services, and identify industry collaborations for promoting physical activity through physicians.
Results:
Three of 4 sports medicine physicians spend at least 1 min encouraging exercise with patients, using Evaluation and Management codes to bill or receive credit. Exercise counseling is often bundled within other patient care. Few health plans leverage the patient's relationship with a primary care physician to promote exercise. Most employed sports medicine physicians do not receive incentives to incorporate exercise counseling into practice, and only 1 in 6 have decision-making authority to hire an exercise professional. Major obstacles are the lack of a business model and knowledge about exercise prescription.
Conclusion:
The existing E&M codes adequately characterize the work, but physicians desire greater payment or credit for providing exercise management services. Physicians desire to do more exercise prescription, but health system bureaucracy, inadequate support, and economic disincentives are barriers to the provision of exercise management services.
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