Implementation of Exercise Management Services Among Sports Medicine Physicians in the United States.

Geoffrey E MooreChad CarlsonJonathan P BonnetEdward M PhillipsElizabeth JoyCate CollingsWilliam KrausWilliam O Roberts

Published in: Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine (2024)

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.

Keyphrases

primary care
high intensity
healthcare
physical activity
resistance training
mental health
life cycle