However, the Affordable Care Act introduced Medicare’s version, called the Initial Preventive Physical Examination. This preventive service does not even resemble a physical exam.

Background Physical examination tests for hip dysfunction and injury of the strongest diagnostic accuracy were identified in a recent systematic review with meta-analysis in BJSM . These tests are ...

One of the more gratifying developments in recent years is the renewed interest in physical examination — in the use of the hands, eyes and ears. Though this is exciting to some physicians ...

What the quality statement means for different audiences. Service providers ensure that systems are in place to provide a full physical examination, including a digital rectal examination, for men ...