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JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2017

Articles

New Codes, New Payment Opportunities for 2017

KENT MOORE, BARBARA HAYS

This year's changes include opportunities to get paid for some services that were previously not billable.

Why Best Practices Fail to Spread

John S. Toussaint, Montgomery “Monk” Elmer

Most organizations want to get better, but most of their improvement efforts fail. Here's why.

The State of Family Medicine: 2017

Brandi White, David Twiddy

With tremendous change taking place in health care, the mood among family physicians is anxious, but there are reasons to be hopeful.

From the Editor

Should We Fear the Unintended Consequences of MACRA?

Kenneth G. Adler

MACRA's methods of controlling health care costs could have unexpected results.

Thank You, FPM Peer Reviewers

Quality peer reviews help the Family Practice Management editorial team select and publish articles that are accurate, authoritative, and useful to family physicians and others in primary care. We would like to thank the following peer reviewers for their valuable contributions…

Coding & Documentation

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Vital signs | Noncontributory documentation | Preoperative exam | FX modifier for x-ray

Practice Pearls

PRACTICE PEARLS

Jay Mercer

Reduce faxed requests for Rx renewals | Create improvement that lasts | Rethink how you store patient records

The Last Word

Ten Sins of Office Medicine

Keith W. Millette

None of us wants to be “that doctor.”

Funded Educational Content

Making Sense of MACRA: Annual Wellness Visit

Learn how to optimize revenue today while improving Medicare quality and cost.

Resources

CME Quiz (AAFP members and print subscribers only)

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