Why did that idea flop? -- FPM
Feb 14, 2019 - Are you committing one of three key mistakes that can prevent sustainable change from taking hold in your practice?
Family Practice Management : In Practice Blog : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/idea_flop.html
How to find joy in medicine, one day at a time -- FPM
Feb 13, 2019 - A Grand Rapids, Mich., physician discusses what her team does every day to remember why they're in medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/joyful_medicine.html
High-maintenance patients: protecting yourself and your practice -- FPM
Feb 8, 2019 - Every physician has a patient or two (or more) who make frequent and unreasonable demands for treatment, tests, or referrals, treat staff poorly, and drain the physician’s time and energy. Rather than allow these patients’ bad behavior to affect yours, follow this simple advice.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/high_maintenance.html
How to avoid payment denials on two common diagnostic tests -- FPM
Feb 7, 2019 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is advising physician practices on how to avoid billing errors for two common diagnostic tests.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid Blog : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/diagnostic_test_denials.html
Three tips for better risk-adjustment coding -- FPM
Feb 7, 2019 - Your payment is increasingly tied to the severity of your patients’ conditions. These three guidelines will help you make sure you’re using the codes that best reflect their level of risk.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/risk_adjustment.html
How to calculate the value of team documentation -- FPM
Feb 6, 2019 - Having a medical assistant or nurse handle the paperwork related to patient visits can help you be more efficient and increase revenue. Here’s how to calculate the value.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid Blog : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/team_documentation_savings.html
The 2019 Medicare Documentation, Coding, and Payment Update -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - This year’s changes include some welcome documentation relief, new codes for portal and telephone encounters, and much more.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p23.html
Using Empowered CMAs and Nursing Staff to Improve Team-based Care -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - Highly trained workers can perform more visit-related tasks, boosting care quality and reducing physician burnout.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p17.html
Tools for Better Dementia Care -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - Quality measures and clinical tools can bring focus and clarity to caring for patients with cognitive impairment and supporting their caregivers.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p11.html
Communication checkup: How many of these skills do you practice? -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - Good communication is the bedrock of good care. In the busyness of day-to-day practice, don’t neglect these seven basic skills.
Family Practice Management : In Practice Blog : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/communication_checkup.html
Protecting Adolescent Patient Privacy: Four Key Questions -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - When an adolescent patient requests confidential services, here’s what you need to know about their rights and your responsibilities.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p7.html
Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2019 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - Prescription drug management and E/M code selection | Review of systems: How many systems are too many? | Documenting exams by medical students | Coding for removal of skin lesions: biopsy or no?
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p30.html
Practice Pearls - Jan-Feb 2019 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - Simplify the checkout process | Ensure your safety during patient visits | Keep your empathy for difficult patients
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p32.html
High-Maintenance Patients -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - Don't let their bad behavior make you a bad doctor.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p36.html
Changes of Note for the New Year -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - Coding updates are just the tip of the iceberg as we begin 2019.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p4.html
Thank You, FPM Peer Reviewers (2018) -- FPM
Feb 1, 2019 - We would like to thank the following peer reviewers for their valuable contributions to FPM during 2018.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0100/p6.html
The No. 1 question about team documentation -- FPM
Jan 30, 2019 - To ease physicians’ administrative burdens, many practices are adopting team documentation, which involves increasing the MA-to-physician ratio and delegating more tasks to MAs. How do you convince your practice to try it?
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/team_documentation_question.html
Teen privacy: four rules -- FPM
Jan 30, 2019 - When an adolescent patient requests confidential services, balancing the patient’s rights with the parent’s rights can be complicated. Keep these rules in mind.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/teen_privacy.html
UHC moves from denial to downcoding of E/M claims -- FPM
Jan 28, 2019 - Physicians and their coding staff need to be aware of a change in how United Healthcare approaches and pays claims with problematic documentation.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid Blog : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/UHC_downcoding.html
Seven tips for encouraging your patients to exercise -- FPM
Jan 25, 2019 - These seven steps can help you develop personalized physical activity plans for your patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/exercise_prescriptions.html
How to determine what's really urgent -- FPM
Jan 24, 2019 - Three questions to help you determine if a task truly needs your immediate attention and response or can be delayed or even delegated elsewhere.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/time_management.html
A tool to smooth out your checkout process -- FPM
Jan 23, 2019 - A New Mexico family physician uses checkout sheets to highlight what needs to happen before a patient leaves the office.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/checkout_process.html
More than half of Medicare claims use new ID cards -- FPM
Jan 18, 2019 - Physicians are showing early success using the new identification cards that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services supplied to Medicare beneficiaries over the last year.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid Blog : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/Medicare_claims_new_MBI.html
Four apps to help patients better manage anxiety and depression -- FPM
Jan 18, 2019 - Here are four mobile apps to help patients better manage anxiety and depression.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/mental_health_apps.html
Tasks your nurse could be doing to boost practice productivity -- FPM
Jan 17, 2019 - How to expand the roles of your care team registered nurses to help the practice serve more patients and increase revenue.
Family Practice Management : In Practice Blog : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/team_care_RNs.html