Articles
Chronic Care Management and Other New CPT Codes
At long last, physicians can be paid for some of the care coordination services that they provide.
EHR Switch Survey: Responses From 305 Family Physicians
Changing your EHR could lead to greater practice satisfaction – or not. The results of this survey may surprise you.
Digesting the ICD-10 GI Codes
This overview of the common gastrointestinal disorders in primary care will help you get ready for ICD-10 and avoid, say, K30 – indigestion.
Removing Six Key Barriers to Online Portal Use
Portals can benefit your practice and your patients, but you have to get them using the technology first.
From the Editor
Patient Portals: The Good, the Bad, and the Inevitable
Some physicians and patients have been reticent to embrace online portals, but the changing nature of health care will accelerate the process.
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Addressing a new problem during an incident-to visit | Getting paid for wart removal | Transitional care vs. chronic care management | Billing Medicare for telehealth services
SPPACES: Medical App Reviews
VisualDx
VisualDx is a decision support and clinical reference tool focused on skin diseases. It allows health care professionals to make dermatological differential diagnoses based on patient-specific findings, review medication-induced adverse effects, and search for specific…
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
Become a mystery patient | Avoid infection by avoiding the T-zone | Seek out patient voices | Tips from Assembly
The Last Word
Knowledge Is Not Enough
The best doctors demonstrate not only what they know but also that they care.