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    How to Survive an EHR Meaningful Use Audit

    Andrew Pasternak

    Creating and keeping the right documents is key to answering reviewers' questions about electronic health record compliance.

    Physicians Assemble: Integrating Small Groups to Preserve Independent Practice

    David Twiddy

    In the face of industry consolidation and employment, small practices are joining forces to control their own destinies and remain competitive.

    The Benefits of Using Care Coordinators in Primary Care: A Case Study

    AMY MULLINS, JOSIAH MOONEY, ROGER FOWLER

    Care coordinators can boost quality and revenue by reducing no-shows, improving adherence, and enhancing preventive and chronic care.

    Getting Ready for ICD-10: How It Will Affect Your Documentation

    Kenneth D. Beckman

    Once you understand the basic structure of ICD-10, you'll be able to capture the details needed to assign a correct code.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    ICD-10: What's the Point?

    Kenneth G. Adler

    Yes, there is a point to ICD-10. But you may not like it.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Cindy Hughes

    Group visits | Modifier 25 | Post-discharge visit

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Shane Avery, Bruce Bagley

    Reduce the headaches of prescription refills | Budget your time to avoid being overworked | Building a disease registry on the cheap

    SPPACES: MEDICAL APP REVIEWS

    ACP Immunization Advisor

    Kenny Lin

    The ACP Immunization Advisor app provides mobile access to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) current adult immunization schedule and adult vaccine indications and information.

    THE LAST WORD

    Getting Through to Your Patients

    Margot L. Savoy, Pete Yunyongying

    A simple mnemonic will help you focus on your patients' communication style.



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