Articles
How to Correctly Capture Patient Risk for Value-Based Care Programs
Hierarchical condition categories are key for improving health outcomes and getting accurate reimbursements.
Antibiotic Stewardship Throughout the Primary Care Visit: Opportunities for Office Staff
Engaging office staff will make your practice's antibiotic stewardship efforts more effective.
Office-Based Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
The goal is not simply to avoid antibiotics but to use them in a judicious manner. Here are 10 steps family physicians, practices, and leaders can take.
Put Your Clinical Data to Work With a Registry
Unlike most EHRs, registries can make patient data accessible and actionable, leading to better outcomes and easier quality reporting.
How to Succeed in Value-Based Care
Identifying your patients, sorting them by risk, and managing their chronic conditions as a team can help you make the most of value-based care programs.
From the Editor
Combatting COVID-19 Information Overload
In the digital age, patients sometimes have the same access to the latest information as family physicians. But they still need us to filter it for them.
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
TWO VISITS WITH THE SAME PATIENT ON THE SAME DATE | SCREENING FOR PREDIABETES | TCM AND CCM IN THE SAME MONTH | TIME SPENT REVIEWING SCREENING SCORES
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
SORT PATIENTS BY RISK: THREE METHODS | FOCUS ON THESE FOUR AREAS FOR VALUE-BASED CARE SUCCESS | PARTNER WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS
The Last Word
How to Respond to Unreasonable Patient Expectations
Sometimes, what the patient wants isn't what the patient needs.