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The Sunshine Act: How to Avoid Getting Burned

Patrick J. Hurd

Physicians will have to ensure that disclosures of "transfers of value" by drug and device companies don’t cast them in a negative light.

Three Building Blocks for Improving Access to Care

AMIREH GHOROB, THOMAS BODENHEIMER

Your efforts to give patients same-day appointments won't succeed until you address three critical issues.

Practice Transformation: Running Your Business Like A Business

David Twiddy

This medical practice uses technology and automaker-inspired productivity steps to modernize and rapidly grow its business.

Practical Realities of Doing Volunteer Medical Work in the Developing World

KENNETH V. ISERSON

International medicine offers challenges and rewards while working in a setting far removed from home.

Working With International Populations – Abroad or in Your Own Backyard

RANIT MISHORI, VINCENT WINKLERPRINS, ORITSETSEMAYE OTUBU

Finding the right path to pursue international health care requires answering the right questions and choosing the right partners.

FROM THE EDITOR

There Is No Free Lunch – Really

Kenneth G. Adler

How will the Sunshine Act affect your relationship with pharma?

LETTERS

Medical assistants

Ryan Crim

Skepticism

Anthony Witte

Hospital employment

Jonathan R. Dreazen

Correction

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent Moore

Modifier 25 | Emergency department visits | Transitional care management and Medicare Advantage | Transitional care and length of stay | Health coaching

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Ku-Lang Chang, Charles Zelnick, Maria V. Ciletti

Explaining preventive visits and the ACA | Preventing recurring blisters | Dealing with self-pay patients

SPPACES: MEDICAL APP REVIEWS

iGeriatrics

Kenny Lin

The iGeriatrics app provides clinicians with mobile access to several clinical tools useful in the care of older adults.

THE LAST WORD

Six Essential Relationships in Health Care

H. Andrew Selinger

Poor communication in just one area can affect the entire health care experience.



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