ICD-9 Changes: New Codes of Note
Cindy Hughes
On Oct. 1, 142 new codes take effect, many of them five-digit codes that allow for more specific reporting.
Cindy Hughes
On Oct. 1, 142 new codes take effect, many of them five-digit codes that allow for more specific reporting.
L. Gordon Moore, John h. Wasson
When you redesign a practice around these principles, you can step off the productivity treadmill and focus on excellent patient care.
Lynn Ho
Simple, low-cost technologies and strategic outsourcing have helped this solo physician practice efficiently, even without any staff.
David V. Garrett
Try these strategies today that have worked for TransforMED practices.
Leigh Ann Backer
Physicians, employers, legislators and payers think medical homes may be the key to health system reform.
Robert L. Edsall
The “medical home” seems to hold out great hope, but getting there may not be easy.
Cindy Hughes
Reporting a vaccine-only visit | Group visits and Medicare | Applying dressing to a burn | Shared visits as consultations? | Polyp removal during a colonoscopy
Supply of free antibiotics grows | Officials challenge insurers' ratings of doctors | Medical groups' profits surge in West
Kristy Cowherd, Hien Nguyen, Ku-Lang Chang, Nate Hitzeman, Jennifer J. Donohue
Encourage employees to increase flu shot numbers | Start a farmer's market at your office | Prepare for patient visits with a “cheat sheet” | Use birthdays for preventive services reminders | Store high-risk medication samples in red boxes | Help your patients organize...
Jennifer E. Frank
High-tech, high-cost procedures may get all the glory in health care, but they signal our failure to reward prevention.
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