Articles
Evaluating Employment Agreements
The first challenge of employed practice is to analyze your contract – before you sign.
Documenting and Coding Preventive Visits: A Physician’s Perspective
It’s not hard, once you get the hang of it, but the differences from E/M coding can be confusing.
Rethinking the Difficult Patient Encounter
Before you can help a "difficult" patient, you may need to change how you view that person.
How to Reduce Your Malpractice Risk
Recognizing warning signs and documenting with care are two keys.
The Anatomy of an ICD-10 Code
An ICD-10 code is one thing you can’t assemble without consulting the instruction book.
From the Editor
“Tell Me About Yourself”
Time is short, but getting to know your patients can be invaluable.
Letters
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Medicare annual wellness exam during a home visit | Modifier 25 for new patient visits? | Payment for physician assistants | IUD removal | Will ICD-9 codes be updated this year?
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
Stop providing secretarial services for referrals | Use technology to store all your notes, tasks, and ideas | HIPAA business associate agreements