JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2018

New codes for cognitive assessment and care planning, team-based care management, prolonged preventive services, and anticoagulation management are among this year's changes.

You couldn't have made it through medical school and residency without a high intellect, but have you developed your emotional intelligence?

This physician and medical assistant jump-start patient visits by teaming up and reversing some traditional roles in the exam room.

The rules for complying with Medicare's Quality Payment Program are getting stricter.

The five-step “FAVER” approach can help you say no to uncomfortable requests while preserving the patient relationship.

Recommend these mobile apps to patients as a way to reinforce recommended lifestyle changes.

Practicing medicine may be more challenging than ever, but FPM is here to help — redesigned and focused on what family physicians need today.

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…

RECIPROCAL BILLING DURING EXTENDED ABSENCES | ICD-10 CODING FOR ACCIDENTS WITHOUT INJURY | REMOVAL OF IMPACTED CERUMEN

WARN PATIENTS ABOUT PRIVACY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC TESTING | USE TEXT MESSAGES TO BOOST FLU SHOTS | ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION

To make the right decision, first consider the patient's motives.

You can get paid for advance care planning and satisfy a high-priority quality measure for MACRA.