Documenting History in Compliance With Medicare's Guidelines

Kent J. Moore

The difference between one level and the next may be no more than a word or two.

How to Solve Problems in Your Practice With a New Meeting Approach

SABRINA M. CHASE, PAUL A. NUTTING, BENJAMIN F. CRABTREE

Your practice members have the answers; they just need to be heard.

Medicare Enrollment: Staying in the Game Even When the Rules Change

Daniel F. Shay

It's a government program. Did you expect it to be easy?

The 12-Step Way To Reduce Practice Expenses: Part 1, Staffing Efficiencies

Reed Tinsley

Staff-related expenses consume the largest portion of your overhead, so that's where this 12-month plan begins.

FPM: Read It As You Like It

Robert Edsall

With four versions, there's at least one FPM for you.

Should Doctors Reject the Government's EHR Incentive Plan?

David C. Kibbe

It's a big hill to climb for a carrot that may not be there when you reach the top.

A different form of health care reform

The EHR incentive

Thank your staff and your patients

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

No shows | Diabetic foot exams | Medication management | More than four diagnosis codes | Diagnosis code for drug-seeking behavior | Deceased patient's chart review | Lack of voiding | Second opinions for nursing home patients | TB test site check

PRACTICE PEARLS

William D. Soper, Doug Iliff, Trevor J. Stone

Use a cell phone camera to document biopsy sites | Streamline your annual physical process | Handling prescription change requests from PBMs

An Open Letter to All the Health Plans That Keep Sending Me Letters

Linda Lundeen

How helpful are all those letters you receive from health plans? Not very, says this family physician.