Articles
Documenting History in Compliance With Medicare's Guidelines
The difference between one level and the next may be no more than a word or two.
How to Solve Problems in Your Practice With a New Meeting Approach
Your practice members have the answers; they just need to be heard.
Medicare Enrollment: Staying in the Game Even When the Rules Change
It's a government program. Did you expect it to be easy?
The 12-Step Way To Reduce Practice Expenses: Part 1, Staffing Efficiencies
Staff-related expenses consume the largest portion of your overhead, so that's where this 12-month plan begins.
From the Editor
Opinion
Should Doctors Reject the Government's EHR Incentive Plan?
It's a big hill to climb for a carrot that may not be there when you reach the top.
Letters
A different form of health care reform
A different form of health care reform
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
No shows | Diabetic foot exams | Medication management | More than four diagnosis codes | Diagnosis code for drug-seeking behavior | Deceased patient's chart review | Lack of voiding | Second opinions for nursing home patients | TB test site check
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
Use a cell phone camera to document biopsy sites | Streamline your annual physical process | Handling prescription change requests from PBMs
The Last Word
An Open Letter to All the Health Plans That Keep Sending Me Letters
How helpful are all those letters you receive from health plans? Not very, says this family physician.