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A Feedback Tool to Improve Physician-Medical Assistant Communication

MELISSA MARTINEZ, JESSICA BIGNEY, JENNIFER JERNIGAN

Using an evaluation form and face-to-face meetings can help get both sides of the team talking and solving problems.

Practice Transformation: Taking the Direct Primary Care Route

David Twiddy

This practice cured its insurance headaches by switching to a cash-only payment model and charging annual retainer fees.

ICD-10 Coding for the Undiagnosed Problem

Cindy Hughes

To find the correct code for a symptom, sign, or test result, pay close attention to ICD-10's exclusion, code-first, and inclusion notes.

The New Normal: Helping Patients Navigate the Changing Insurance Landscape

Maria V. Ciletti

Health care reform and the spread of high-deductible plans can mean confusion for patients -- and uncertainty for your practice.

FROM THE EDITOR

Solo Practice: Can It Survive?

Kenneth G. Adler

The environment is tougher than ever. Proactive revenue management and direct pay models provide opportunities for small practices.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

E/M coding and preventive visits | Transitional care management | E-prescribing penalties

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Ben Brown, Floyd “Tripp” Bradd, III, Tiffany Nelson

Use a glove as a mini tourniquet | Prioritize phone calls and emails | Manage conflicts of interest as a group | Control the focus of patient visits

SPPACES: MEDICAL APP REVIEWS

Safe Opioids

Kenny Lin

The Safe Opioids app provides resources and tools to help clinicians safely prescribe opioid medications for pain.

THE LAST WORD

Seven Sins in Modern Medicine

Aaron Garman

Admit it, you're guilty of at least one of these.



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All editors and editorial advisory board members in a position to control content for this activity, FPM journal, are required to disclose any relevant financial relationships. View disclosures.



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