March/April 2015

Features

The Cure for Claims Denials

Richelle Marting

Electronic Access to Adolescents' Health Records: Legal, Policy, and Practice Implications

Neil Calman; Helen R. Pfister; Ruth Lesnewski; Diane Hauser; Nandini Shroff

Using Medicare "Incident-To" Rules

Daniel F. Shay

Inefficiency in Primary Care: Common Causes and Potential Solutions

Katherine A. James; Stephen E. Ross; Betsy Vance; Tiffany Radcliffe; Michael I. Harrison; David West

Immunizations: How to Protect Patients and the Bottom Line

James Loehr

Departments

From the Editor

Practice Management Challenges: Unpaid Bills, Inefficiency, and Rules
Kenneth G. Adler

SPPACES: App Reviews

MyFitnessPal
David Rebedew

Practice Pearls

• Use personal history to knit teams together • Ready for the fist bump? • HIPAA and the fate of the fax machine

Coding & Documentation

• E/M services during a Medicare AWV • When patients provide B12 for injections • Cardiovascular risk-reduction counseling

The Last Word

21st Century Medicine, 20th Century People
Bob Newbell

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