• FEATURES

    Eight Ways to Lower Practice Stress and Get Home Sooner

    DIKE DRUMMOND

    To avoid burnout, you have to address the stressors in your practice.

    What You Need to Know About Medicare's New “Quality and Resource Use Report”

    Heidy Robertson-Cooper

    The QRUR is essentially an annual report card, and its data can affect how you get paid in the future.

    Establishing and Protecting Your Online Reputation

    RODNEY GIN

    Proactively building a positive Internet presence for your practice can blunt the effect of a few bad reviews.

    Putting Pre-Visit Planning Into Practice

    Christine A. Sinsky, Thomas A. Sinsky, Ellie Rajcevich

    Patient visits can be more effective if much of the information gathering is done ahead of time.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    A Mélange of Helpful Advice

    Kenneth G. Adler

    Need to improve your leadership skills, workflow, marketing, stress levels, or quality scores? Read on.

    EMPLOYED PRACTICE

    How to Be a Leader When You Are Not “the” Leader

    Arnold E. Cuenca

    You can grow your influence and help your organization succeed by applying this one leadership concept.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Cindy Hughes

    Earring removal | Removing stitches | Immunizations during a well-child exam | Documenting obesity diagnoses

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Sumana Reddy

    Understand how patients present themselves | Help patients find credible information online | Know your cost per visit

    THE LAST WORD

    Promoting Positivity in Your Practice

    J. LeBron McBride

    Even healthy practices have to guard against negativity.



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