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The Cure for Claims Denials

RICHELLE MARTING

Here are six reasons your claims might be getting denied and what you and your staff can do to prevent it.

Electronic Access to Adolescents' Health Records: Legal, Policy, and Practice Implications

Neil Calman, Helen R. Pfister, Ruth Lesnewski, Diane Hauser, Nandini Shroff

Letting minors view their health records online means finding a compromise between patient privacy and parental rights.

Using Medicare “Incident-To” Rules

DANIEL F. SHAY

Nonphysician practitioners can expand practice capacity, but it's vital to follow the billing rules.

Inefficiency in Primary Care: Common Causes and Potential Solutions

Katherine A. James, Stephen E. Ross, Betsy Vance, Radhika Nath, Michael I. Harrison, David R. West

This practice-based research project highlights key sources of inefficiency in primary care and real-world suggestions for how to improve.

Immunizations: How to Protect Patients and the Bottom Line

JAMIE LOEHR

Minimizing costs and maximizing reimbursement can make immunizations profitable.

FROM THE EDITOR

Practice Management Challenges: Unpaid Bills, Inefficiency, and Rules

Kenneth G. Adler

And you thought just being a doctor was hard.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

E/M services during a Medicare AWV | When patients provide B12 for injections | Cardiovascular risk-reduction counseling

SPPACES: MEDICAL APP REVIEWS

MyFitnessPal

David Rebedew

MyFitnessPal allows users to track calories, monitor progress toward weight-management goals, and gain support from an online community.

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

John W. Bachman, Daniel F. Shay

Use personal history to knit teams together | Ready for the fist bump? | HIPAA and the fate of the fax machine

THE LAST WORD

21st Century Medicine, 20th Century People

Bob Newbell

Sometimes technology isn't the problem.



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