Are You Coding Accurately?

Betsy Nicoletti

Comparing your coding with national benchmarks will help you to uncover aberrant patterns.

Understanding When to Use 99211

Emily Hill

Using CPT code 99211 can boost your practice’s revenue and improve documentation.

Getting the Most From Language Interpreters

Emily Herndon, Linda Joyce

Communicating with patients who have limited English proficiency requires more than simply “finding someone who speaks their language.”

Part-Time Practice: Making It Work

Olivia K. Maresh

Find out how and why growing numbers of family physicians are working less.

Practicing in an Absurd System

Robert L. Edsall

Of course practice is hard; the system is insane.

Aspirin chemoprevention recommendations

Richard Dressler

Not-so-white lies

Dorothea Coiffe, null MLS

Correction

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Office visit & nebulizer treatment | Admissions on separate dates | Coding a discharge summary

MONITOR

National report card highlights opportunities for improvement | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | The doctor’s office vs. the ED | Specialists mask demand for primary care | Discounted drug resource

Acute Otitis Media in Children

Mark H. Ebell MD

This encounter form will help you provide care consistent with the latest evidence-based guideline.

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Losin’ it

ASK FPM

Greg Hinson, Jack Valancy, JeffreyB. Miller

Purchasing tail coverage | Weekend call in a group practice | Name changes and claims hassles

Hipaaposterous

Laurie Elwyn

Sometimes a look at the lighter side can help cure what ails you.