May/June 2019

Features

A Practical Approach to Reducing Patients' Prescription Costs

Kevin Fiscella; Jineane Venci; Mechelle Sanders; Angela Lanigan; Robert Fortuna

Seven Habits for Reducing Work After Clinic

Sumana Reddy; Peter C. Rippey; Arnold E. Cuenca; Sumi M. Sexton; Troy Fiesinger; Kenneth G. Adler; Brandi White

Risk Stratification: A Two-Step Process for Identifying Your Sickest Patients

James Dom Dera

Transitional Care Management: Practical Processes for Your Practice

Neela K. Patel; Ruby Mathew; Chidinma Aniemeke; Chandana Tripathy; Carlos R. Jaen; James Tysinger

Departments

From the Editor

Rethinking Roles: Your Colleagues’ and Your Own
Leigh Ann Backer

Supplement

Improving Vaccination Rates for the 2018-2019 Influenza Season

Practice Pearls

• Create annual visit plans for your patients • Use your EHR to close care gaps • Use passwords to practice mindfulness

Coding & Documentation

• Same-day return visit • Modifier for incident-to services • Inpatient care billing by teaching physician • Biopsy of the outer ear • Multiple X-rays

The Last Word

A New Lexicon for Physicians: A Poem for Physicians Who Care
Amaryllis Sanchez Wohlever

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