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Care Management in the Real World: One Practice's JourneyThrough care management, practices can help high-risk patients navigate complex conditions and vulnerable care transitions.

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Implementing Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Clinical Practice

Finger-stick blood glucose measurements provide a snapshot in time. Continuous glucose monitoring gives patients with diabetes a bigger picture.

Durable Medical Equipment: A Streamlined Approach

Durable medical equipment helps patients live healthier, more independent lives. Here’s how to minimize the hassles of getting it to them.

Five Steps to Mastering Agenda Setting

Use this guide to up-front agenda setting to help you strike a balance between meeting complex patient needs and staying on time.

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Coding Level 4 Visits Using the New E/M Guidelines

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Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Practical Guide for Primary Care

The 2021 Office Visit Coding Changes

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Medicare claims may be delayed in April, as Congress mulls postponing cut

Medicare claims may be delayed as contractors hold them rather than process them with the 2% cut only to have to then reprocess them if the U.S. House of Representatives reverses the cut.

When and how to count data under the revised E/M office guidelines

When the new rules for evaluation and management office visits went into effect at the beginning of the year, they immediately caused confusion about how to count “data” to determine the level of medical decision making.

Primary Care First alternative payment model applications open, deadline in April

The Primary Care First model offers a multi-payer system for practices ready to take on more risk through payments based on utilization and outcomes.

COVID-19 lessons learned: one health system’s story

The pandemic has taught us the importance of compassionate leadership, communication, and transparency, among other lessons.

A sample workflow for transitional care management

Transitional care management can improve patient health outcomes, reduce the cost of care, and increase practice revenue. But getting started can be challenging if you don’t have a clear workflow in place.

Agenda setting: start visits this way, and they’re more likely to end on time

How do you keep patients from bringing up more concerns late in a visit and making it difficult for you to get to the next visit on schedule? Comprehensive agenda setting. Here’s how get started.

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