"You Should See My Doctor": Cost-Effective Marketing Ideas for Your Practice -- Family ...
...Instead, it is nothing more than influencing choice by demonstrating the real value of a particular product or service - in this case, health care. Understanding patient choice To understand how marketing can help your medical practice, you first need to under- stand patient...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0100/fpm20020100p33.pdf
"You Should See My Doctor": Cost-Effective Marketing Ideas for Your Practice -- FPM
Jan 1, 2002 - Marketing doesn’t have to be expensive, complicated or unethical. To begin, simply treat your current patients right.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0100/p33.html
Ask FPM - Jan 2005 -- FPM
Jan 1, 2005 - ...our privacy policies and procedures as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Do we need to be able to definitively identify a patient over the phone before discussing protected health information (PHI)? If so, can you recommend a reasonable...
Family Practice Management : Q&As
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0100/p58.html
Coding & Documentation - Mar 2004 -- FPM
Mar 1, 2004 - ...How should I code for a visit in which a pregnant patient interviews me to decide whether she wants me to be her unborn child’s physician and I spend 20 minutes discussing her concerns and my education, philosophy of care, etc.? I tried submitting 99212 (based on 20 minutes of...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0300/p28.html
Coding & Documentation - Mar-Apr 2010 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2010 - ...representative or executor with rights to the deceased patient's health information under your state's laws and HIPAA. Unless the review of records was related to a medically necessary service (e.g., determining health risk to family members), this is not likely a service that is...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0300/p46.html
Coding & Documentation - May 2007 -- FPM
May 1, 2007 - ...If you spend more than half of your face-to-face time counseling the child or the child's caregiver regarding obesity-related health concerns and risk-factor reduction, you may choose a level of service based on time rather than the history, exam and medical decision making...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0500/p16.html
Coding & Documentation - May-Jun 2011 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2011 - ...range of motion testing (95831) as part of your driving assessment, you can bill Medicare for it separately. However, vision screening, health risk assessment and preventive medicine counseling are not separately payable services under Medicare Part B. If the patient is eligible for...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0500/p37.html
Coding & Documentation - May-Jun 2021 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2021 - Home health or hospice care supervision | Advance care planning via telehealth | Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring | Counseling patients about foreign travel | Catching up on children's vaccines
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0500/p34.html
Coding and Documentation
...HOME HEALTH OR HOSPICE CARE SUPERVISION Q What date of service should I report for home health or hospice care supervision codes G0181 and G0182? A Verify your Medicare Admin-istrative Contractor’s policy, but typically you would report the first and last dates care planning...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0500/fpm20210500p34.pdf
Dealing With Patients Who Don't Pay -- FPM
May 1, 2002 - Presents strategies that staff can use when dealing with patients who don't want to pay their copayments or other balances at the time of service.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0500/p19.html
Electronic Access to Adolescents' Health Records: Legal, Policy, and Practice ...
Apr 1, 2015 - Letting minors view their health records online means finding a compromise between patient privacy and parental rights.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0300/p11.html
Emotional Intelligence: Five Ways to Have Better Interactions and Improve Your Work Life
...for the Academic Affairs department of Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee. She speaks and writes about physician wellness and is the author of Well to Do: A Guide to Take Charge, Set Goals, and Improve Your Health. Author disclosure: no relevant financial affiliations disclosed....
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/fpm20200900p9.pdf
Emotional Intelligence: Five Ways to Have Better Interactions and Improve Your Work ...
Oct 1, 2020 - These simple tools can help you respond effectively when you feel emotionally hijacked by difficult people or circumstances.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p9.html
Encouraging Children’s Literacy in Your Practice -- FPM
Jun 1, 2016 - Providing free books to your youngest patients can improve literacy and patient satisfaction.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0500/p20.html
Family Mission Statements -- FPM
Apr 1, 1999 - This article will offer one family physician's perspective on how developing an annual family mission statement can help doctors balance the demands of their personal and professional lives.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0400/p60.html
Family Practice Management • Feature article manuscript
...a result of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This notice describes how health information about you (as a patient of this practice) may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to your individually identifiable health...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0200/fpm20030200p29-rt1.docx
Four Tools for Reducing Burnout by Finding Work-Life Balance -- FPM
Feb 1, 2016 - If your career feels like an 800-pound gorilla that’s been crowding out the rest of your life, it’s time to find some balance.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0100/p28.html
fpm20061000p39-rt1.pdf
...physicals should not replace the annual well-child exam. The annual well-child exam allows us to discuss any health problems your child may have, including acne or chronic health conditions. It is also our opportunity to discuss with your child impor- tant topics such as peer...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/1000/fpm20061000p39-rt1.pdf
fpm20061000p39.pdf
...a couple of options. Each requires proactive effort to determine what the patient’s health plan covers and how best to report the services: Perform a full preventive service and bill the health plan. Most payers reimburse one preventive exam annually or provide fixed-dol- lar...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/1000/fpm20061000p39.pdf
fpm20080400p37.pdf
...of ordinary negligence and gross negligence. Ordinary negli- gence means that the individual providing aid did not act as a reasonable health care provider would under similar circumstances. Contrast that with gross negligence, which generally means not only that the individual did...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0400/fpm20080400p37.pdf
fpm20080500p31.pdf
...the problem and in developing a treatment plan. We must con- sider our patients’ life circumstances, including their socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, work schedule, support structure, and religious and cultural preferences, and ask ourselves how likely the patient is...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0500/fpm20080500p31.pdf
fpm20110500p37.pdf
...range of motion testing (95831) as part of your driving assessment, you can bill Medicare for it separately. However, vision screening, health risk assessment and preventive medicine counseling are not separately payable services under Medicare Part B. If the patient is eligible...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0500/fpm20110500p37.pdf
fpm20140700p21.pdf
...Health problems of the mouth can affect the whole patient, making primary care physicians a natural ally. HUGH SILK, MD, MPH, AND MARK DEUTCHMAN, MD Evidence that poor oral health is connected to poor systemic health has grown over the last decade. Children with dental caries...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0700/fpm20140700p21.pdf
fpm20150300p11.pdf
...Letting minors view their health records online means finding a compromise between patient privacy and parental rights. Electronic Access to Adolescents’ Health Records: LEGAL, POLICY, AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Neil Calman, MD, Helen R. Pfister, JD, Ruth Lesnewski, MD, Diane...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0300/fpm20150300p11.pdf
fpm20160100p28.pdf
...With your life calendar in hand, if some- one at work asks, Can you cover a few extra hours on Thursday? or if someone at your child’s school asks, Can you come to the book fair meeting next week? you can pull out your cell phone and say, Let me check my calendar. If you are already...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0100/fpm20160100p28.pdf
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