September/October 2017

Features

How to Talk to Reluctant Patients About the Flu Shot

Colleen T. Fogarty; LaTresha Crues

Evaluating Physician Employment Contracts: How Do Your Benefits Measure Up?

Travis Singleton; Phil Miller

Reducing Frustration and Increasing Fulfillment: Reframing

Jay Winner

Finding the Bright Spots in Value-Based Care

Farzad Mostashari; Jen Brull; Julio Navarro; Jonathan Lilly

Technology Tools and Trends for Better Patient Care: Beyond the EHR

Steven E. Waldren; Thomas Agresta; Theresa Wilkes

Departments

From the Editor

From Frustration to Fulfillment in Practice and Patient Care
Kenneth G. Adler

Supplement

Making Sense of MACRA: A Guide for the Employed Physician

Practice Pearls

• Use word of mouth to find great employees • Improve your emotional intelligence • Get help with your EHR – over coffee

Coding & Documentation

• ICD-10 code updates for Oct. 1 • Billing for the new influenza vaccination • Diagnosis coding for hypertension and heart failure • Medicare payment for telemedicine home visits

The Last Word

Creating a Space Where Doctors Can Be Vulnerable
Ani A. Bodoutchian

Remission! What Surviving Cancer Has Taught Me
Sanford J. Brown

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