Articles
Transitional Care Management Services: New Codes, New Requirements
Two new codes will help you get paid for managing a patient’s transition from the inpatient to outpatient setting, but they come with new expectations.
HIPAA Again: Confronting the Updated Privacy and Security Rules
New regulations will require practices to revisit and adapt their privacy policies.
The Use of Symptom Diaries in Outpatient Care
Symptom diaries can help organize the details of a patient's history.
Generation Gap: Effectively Leading Physicians of All Ages
Learning what makes physicians of different eras tick can go a long way toward making them happy and productive.
Health Coaching: Teaching Patients to Fish
Used in combination with traditional medical treatment, health coaching can help improve outcomes by getting patients more involved in their own health.
Engaging Patients in Collaborative Care Plans
This important self-management support strategy can produce quality outcomes for your patients and your practice.
From the Editor
Transitional Care Management: Why Bother?
Think of it as a way to help your patients, potentially save the system money, and help your bottom line all at the same time.
Opinion
Making EHR Notes More Readable
A filtered display would make notes easier to read, assimilate, and use.
Letters
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Immunization administration during preventive visits | "Incident to" charges for counseling | Subsequent annual wellness visits
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
Use your EHR to better prepare for appointments | Don't let injection supplies play hooky | Recognize good and punctual performers | Use your technology powers for good, not evil | Defining “smoking” for EHR meaningful use rules
The Last Word
“All I Wanted Was Something for the Cough”
Is the health system in your community truly focused on what the patient wants? Are you sure?