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    Understanding the Results of Randomized Controlled Trials: A Refresher

    KATE ROWLAND, MARK EBELL

    A few quick calculations can help you interpret and apply study results to improve patient care.

    Enhancing Access and Payment Through Proper Use of Modifiers

    CHRISTIAN HERMANSEN, DORETTA HESS

    Primary care physicians can get the revenue they deserve by properly using codes that indicate they provided multiple services in a single patient encounter.

    Identifying and Responding to Highly Manipulative Patients

    PETER TEICHMAN

    Despite our best efforts, not all patients will interact with us in a healthy manner. Here's what to look out for and how to manage the most manipulative behaviors.

    Ready for Downtime: Preparing for Unexpected Internet and Power Outages

    AMY MCCOY, SOFIA MUENYI, REETU GREWAL, MISSY BROOKER

    Cyberattacks and natural disasters can leave primary care clinics without power or access to key online systems. Here's how to keep operations going.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    A Requiem for How Things Used to Be in Family Medicine

    JAMES DOMDERA

    Mourning what we've lost is Act I, but that isn't how our masterpiece ends.

    OPINION

    Resuscitating Primary Care: A Triad of Patient, Clinician, and AI Coach

    THOMAS BODENHEIMER, LIZ SALMI, DAVE DEBRONKART, TOM DELBANCO

    The answer to physician burnout and patient access could lie in using technology to augment the traditional doctor-patient relationship.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Coding & Documentation

    CINDY HUGHES

    Time-Based E/M Coding with Separate Procedure | New Diagnosis Codes to Support High-Risk Screening Pap Smears and Pelvic Exams | Health Care Cost-Sharing Programs | Suspected Wrist Fracture

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Practice Pearls

    STEPHEN RONALD BRADLEY FOSTER, KODI LIDDELL, ANGIE LANIGAN, TIFFANY LEONARD

    Leverage Your EHR to Improve AWVs | Ask FPM:Procedure Proctoring and Privileging | Sublease Space to Other Clinicians

    THE LAST WORD

    How to Start a Direct Primary Care Practice Right Out of Residency

    LILIAN WHITE, KENNETH QIU

    Starting a DPC practice as a new doctor brings unique challenges, but none of them are insurmountable.

    FUNDED EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

    Tools to Help Family Physicians Advocate for Privileging and Credentialing for Their Qualified Scope of Practice

    ANGELA M. LANIGAN, WENDY B. BARR, NICHOLAS SCHENK, BINDUSRI PARUCHURI

    Physicians should be granted privileges based on training, experience, and demonstrated current competence, regardless of specialty. Resources from the AAFP and ABFM can help.



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