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Getting Quality Measurement Right: Exclusion Codes to Reach For

MEGAN LYKKE, HEATHER RICE, CODY MEMMEL, TIANA LINKUS

Failure to use exclusion codes may result in patients being counted against you in quality metrics.

A Practice Designed to Address Social Determinants of Health

ANGELA BYMASTER, NICHOLAS FONG

Leveraging a concierge model allows this practice to fund charity care and creatively address social determinants of health in underserved communities.

Say Something: Addressing Physician Alcohol Use Disorder, Depression, and Suicide

TIMOTHY D. RILEY, JULIE A. RADICO, DAVID P. RÁBAGO

By taking these five steps, physicians can start changing a culture of medicine that prizes stoic perfectionism and stigmatizes asking for help.

Polypharmacy and Medication Adherence: How to Do Better for Our Patients

ANGELA LARSON, JACQUI HERBERT

Systemic obstacles set up patients to fail. By addressing three specific areas, we can make adherence easier and help patients achieve better health outcomes.

FROM THE EDITOR

Of Death and Life and Family Medicine

JAMES DOMDERA

No other specialty is lucky enough to do what we do — guide our patients through life's most critical moments.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Coding & Documentation

CINDY HUGHES

ACUTE VERSUS CHRONIC CONDITION | PHYSICIAN COVERAGE FOR A HOSPICE PATIENT | EDUCATION ON USE OF METERED DOSE INHALER | URINARY CATHETERIZATION FOR URINE SPECIMEN

PRACTICE PEARLS

Practice Pearls

PREPARE PATIENTS ON NALTREXONE FOR EMERGENCIES | EQUIP LOW-INCOME PATIENTS TO MONITOR BLOOD PRESSURE | ASK FPM: STARTING A SIDE GIG

THE LAST WORD

Why I Almost Fired a Patient

SANFORD J. BROWN

And why I'm glad I changed my mind.

SPONSORED CONTENT

Using Data to Advocate for Fair and Transparent Compensation

ANGIE LANIGAN, KAREN JOHNSON

The publication of this supplement is funded by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Journal editors were not involved in the development of this content.

Understanding Maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination: Recommendations and Guidance

LATASHA SELIBY PERKINS

The publication of this supplement in funded by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer, Inc., and brought to you by the AAFP. Journal editors were not involved in the development of this content.

Cannabis Use During Pregnancy

ROGER ZOOROB, JEFFREY D. QUINLAN

The publication of this supplement is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $603,907, with 100 percent funding by the CDC/HHS. The contents are...

Family Medicine: Best Practices for Improving Adult Immunization Rates Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

ADIBA KAHN, JOYCE JONES-KING, ASHLEY WATSON, ET AL

The publication of this supplement is supported by a cooperative agreement (6 NU66IP000681-02-01) with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This supplement is brought to you by the AAFP. Journal editors were not...



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