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Articles

Answers to Your Questions About Chronic Care Management

Kent Moore, Barbara Hays

From what constitutes 24/7 access to how to document the 20 minutes of required monthly services, we fill in the blanks about this new Medicare benefit.

ICD-10 Sprains, Strains, and Automobile Accidents

Kenneth D. Beckman

Our tour of ICD-10 continues with the minor injury codes you're likely to use in family medicine.

Treating Dementia With Shared Group Visits

CHRISTINE M. KHANDELWAL, AMY PRENTICE, JEN FISHER, ROBERT PARROTT, PHILIP SLOANE

Seeing patients with dementia in a group setting can streamline visits and help provide support for caregivers and families.

How to Provide More Access Without Working More Hours

WILLIAM MANARD

Working differently can be the key to greater access and satisfaction for both you and your patients.

From the Editor

Solutions Wanted

Leigh Ann Backer

How have you made practice better for yourself, your staff, and your patients? Will you share what you've learned?

Coding & Documentation

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Changes to supervision of transitional care management | Coding newborn visits | Replacing modifier 59 with HCPCS modifiers

SPPACES: Medical App Reviews

Blood Glucose Tracker

David Rebedew

The Blood Glucose Tracker app enables patients who have diabetes to quickly and easily track their blood glucose.

Practice Pearls

PRACTICE PEARLS

Renate G. Justin, R. J. “Rusty” Oenbrink

Don't ignore a child's security object | Treat the drug preauthorization blues | Settle a workplace feud

The Last Word

Blinded by a Patient's Age

Ani A. Bodoutchian, Karen DeSouza, Maureen Grissom

When you see an 18-year-old patient, you don't expect to deliver bad news.

Resources

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