Articles
Ring In the New Year With Five Five-Star Apps
From keeping up with preventive service recommendations to comparing prescription costs, these mobile apps can make routine tasks a little easier.
Coding and Billing Rules in 2016: Out With the Old, In With the New
Incident-to rules and advance care planning top the list of changes.
The Evolution of Meaningful Use: Today, Stage 3, and Beyond
The late-breaking regulations for electronic health records require practices to get up to speed quickly.
The Problem With Patient Satisfaction Scores
Scoring of individual physicians is becoming more widespread. Here's how to improve the process.
Four Tools for Reducing Burnout by Finding Work-Life Balance
If your career feels like an 800-pound gorilla that's been crowding out the rest of your life, it's time to find some balance.
From the Editor
Introducing the New Family Practice Management Website
Now it's easier than ever to access the tools and information you need to manage your patients, your practice, and your career.
Opinion
An Overlooked Cause of Physician Burnout
When we cannot give patients the care they need, we all suffer. But the converse is also true.
Employed Practice
Be Present
When demands and distractions intrude on your patient encounters, practice these tips for being fully present.
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Coding based on time | Diagnosis coding and EHR documentation | ICD-10 “additional codes” | Otitis media follow-up visit
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
Assess patient experience | Test patients' medication adherence | Tips from FMX
The Last Word
Why Your Health Care Team Doesn't Get Along
Don't ignore these common root causes of team conflict.