Ask FPM - Oct 2002 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2002 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article Escapist Medicine Next article >> Oct 2002 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2002 Oct;9(9):67. RHC protocols Supervising an NP Closed to new Medicare patients RHC protocols Q Our rural health clinic (RHC) is in the process of becoming...
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Ask FPM - Oct 2003 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2003 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article Looking Over Our Shoul ... Next article >> Oct 2003 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2003 Oct;10(9):72. Enlarge The questions and answers featured in this installment of Ask FPM address subjects we tend to get asked about again and...
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Ask FPM - Oct 2004 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2004 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article High-Energy, High-Retu ... Next article >> Oct 2004 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2004 Oct;11(9):58. Visitors in the office Getting paid for depression care Signing a contract addendum Employment for residents Visitors in the office Q...
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Ask FPM - Sep 1998 -- FPM
Sep 1, 1998 - Advertisement << Letters Previous article Coding & Documentation Next article >> Sep 1998 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 1998 Sep;5(8):12. Effective mission statements Charging for medical record copies Effective mission statements Q I have been in private practice for two years in a...
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Ask FPM - Sep 1999 -- FPM
Sep 1, 1999 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article The Draft Documentatio ... Next article >> Sep 1999 Issue Ask FPM Fam Pract Manag. 1999 Sep;06(8):57-58. Patient-discharge letter Assignment agreements Stark regulations Patient-discharge letter Q One of our patients is abusing her...
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Ask FPM - Sep 2000 -- FPM
Sep 1, 2000 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article Doctor Tools Next article >> Sep 2000 Issue Ask FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2000 Sep;7(8):66. Buying and selling patient charts Average compensation Compensation for collecting capitation payments Cesarean section privileges for FPs Buying...
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Ask FPM - Sep 2001 -- FPM
Sep 1, 2001 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article Family Practice Betwee ... Next article >> Sep 2001 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2001 Sep;8(8):57. Translator requirements Using electronic signatures Notice of fees for delinquent accounts Translator requirements Q Our practice...
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Ask FPM - Sep 2002 -- FPM
Sep 1, 2002 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article Recreating Family Prac ... Next article >> Sep 2002 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2002 Sep;9(8):60. Sick-leave policy for physicians and midlevel providers Balancing semi-retirement and overhead costs Open-access scheduling Sick-leave...
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Ask FPM - Sep 2003 -- FPM
Sep 1, 2003 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article A Challenge for You Next article >> Sep 2003 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2003 Sep;10(8):73-74. Medicare participation HIPAA and homework Tracking performance Medicare participation Q What are the main differences between being a...
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Ask FPM - Sep 2004 -- FPM
Sep 1, 2004 - Advertisement << Practice Diary Previous article 18 Glimpses of Tomorrow Next article >> Sep 2004 Issue ASK FPM Fam Pract Manag. 2004 Sep;11(8):60. Writing off patient balances Billing for precepting Writing off patient balances Q Our practice currently writes off all patient...
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Ask your patients with chronic disease this key question -- FPM
Help patients with chronic disease make needed behavior change by asking them this one question that helps them set goals.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/behavior_change_question.html
Ask-Tell-Ask Framework for Flu Vaccination
...1 of 1 ASK-TELL-ASK FRAMEWORK FOR FLU VACCINATION Ask: I understand you don’t want the influenza shot today. Can you help me understand why not? Do you mind if I share some information with you about the vaccine? Listen and observe the patient carefully. What is he or she tell-...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0900/fpm20170900p6-rt1.pdf
Assessing Benefits Packages -- FPM
May 1, 2000 - This article will provide salaried FPs or physicians considering salaried positions with information about what kinds of benefits are currently being offered, what to look for and what to avoid.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0500/p68.html
Assigning patient risk levels in two steps -- FPM
Identifying which of your patients are at high risk can help you provide them with better care.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/risk_assessment_steps.html
Asthma Days: An Approach to Planned Asthma Care -- Family Practice Management
...National guidelines and numerous studies empha-size the importance of the key elements of asth-ma care - classification, provision of controller medications and education about self-manage- ment skills,1 but both patients and physicians still tend to rely mostly on acute-care needs when...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/fpm20041000p43.pdf
Asthma Days: An Approach to Planned Asthma Care for Family Physicians -- FPM
Oct 1, 2004 - Find out how one practice has improved care and outcomes for its asthma patients and increased practice revenue at the same time.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/p43.html
Asthma Management Flow Sheet
...1 of 2 FPM Toolbox To find more practice resources, visit https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolbox. Developed by Ronald Adler, MD, FAAFP, and Jeanne McBride, RN, BSN, MM. Copyright © 2010 American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians may duplicate or adapt for use in their own...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0100/fpm20100100p16-rt1.pdf
Asthma Visit Documentation Form
...1 of 1 FPM Toolbox To find more practice resources, visit https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolbox. Developed by Kurtis S. Elward, MD. Copyright © 2004 American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians may duplicate or adapt for use in their own practices; all other rights reserved....
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asthmafollowup.pdf
...AsthmA visit documentAtion form Name: _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: __________________________________ History number: _________________________ Peak flow personal best: ________________________...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0900/asthmafollowup.pdf
Audit alert: Notable items in the 2013 OIG work plan -- FPM
Audit alert: Notable items in the 2013 OIG work plan
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/audit_alert_notable_items_in.html
Auld Lang Syne: Practice Management Resolutions for the New Year -- FPM
Jan 1, 2007 - It's time to set some practical goals that will improve your life as a family physician.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0100/p52.html
Authors Guide
Authors Guide for FPM journal
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Average family physician income up, but not equally -- FPM
Average family physician income up, but not equally
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/average_family_physician_income_up.html
Avoid errors when coding pulmonary diagnostic procedures -- FPM
Avoid errors when coding pulmonary diagnostic procedures
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/avoid_errors_when_coding_pulmonary.html
Avoid mistakes when coding for preventive medicine services -- FPM
Selecting the appropriate code will hopefully facilitate payment for preventive services and reduce some unpleasant questions from patients.
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/avoiding_mistakes_preventive_coding.html
Avoiding Ambiguous Documentation -- FPM
May 1, 2007 - Unclear terms can weaken medical documentation and confuse your colleagues, and this physician has had enough.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0500/p60.html
Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Selecting an EMR System -- FPM
Dec 1, 1999 - This article will address common misconceptions about what can and can't be accomplished by switching to computerized patient records.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/1100/p47.html
Avoiding Counterfeit Drugs -- FPM
Mar 1, 2007 - Advertisement << Helping Your Patients ... Previous article Is Moonlighting Right ... Next article >> Mar 2007 Issue Information From Your Family Doctor Avoiding Counterfeit Drugs Fam Pract Manag. 2007 Mar;14(3):36. Download in pdf format. An article on this topic is available in the...
Family Practice Management : Patient Education
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0300/p36.html
Avoiding Medicare cliff still has initial consequences for payment -- FPM
Avoiding Medicare cliff still has initial consequences for payment
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/avoiding_medicare_cliff_still_leads.html
Back Issues
Get information about ordering current and back issues of FPM, as well as information about print and online subscription rates.
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Back to Basics: Five Steps to Better Influenza Vaccination Rates
...30 | FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | www.aafp.org/fpm | November/December 2017 CME © M IK E A U S T IN BACK TO BASICS: FIVE STEPS TO BETTER INFLUENZA VACCINATION RATES AMY CUNNINGHAM, PHD, MPH, JOHN STOECKLE, MD, VICTOR DIAZ, MD, GEORGE VALKO, MD, AND CHRISTINE...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/fpm20171100p30.pdf
Back to Basics: Five Steps to Better Influenza Vaccination Rates -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - Getting more patients immunized against the flu does not require complicated strategies.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p30.html
Back to School: Options for Learning the Business of Medicine -- Family Practice ...
...July/August 2001 ■ www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 27 People talk about the art and scienceof medicine. In recent years, thebusiness of medicine has demandedphysicians’ attention as well. More and more physicians are pursuing business education,...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0700/fpm20010700p27.pdf
Back to School: Options for Learning the Business of Medicine -- FPM
Aug 1, 2001 - From master’s programs to certificate programs to CME courses, the options are plentiful. But what’s right for you?
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0700/p27.html
Back to the Future: The Telemedicine House Call -- FPM
Jan 1, 1998 - This pilot project showed that high-tech can mean high-touch.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0100/p18.html
Back to the Future: The Way Forward in Health Care Reform
...May/June 2012 | www.aafp.org/fpm | FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | 5 OPINION Back to the Future: The Way Forward in Health Care Reform Philip D. Briggs, MD, MBA It’s 1995 all over again. Let’s get it right this time. So much of what is happening in health care today is eerily...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/0500/fpm20120500p5.pdf
Back to the Future: The Way Forward in Health Care Reform -- FPM
Jun 1, 2012 - It's 1995 all over again. Let's get it right this time.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/0500/p5.html
Balancing a Personal Life With OB Care -- FPM
Jun 1, 2007 - Family physicians can deliver babies and have a life, but not without setting some guidelines.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0600/p60.html
Baumol's Disease -- FPM
Dec 1, 2007 - Health care in general may suffer from an incurable disease. (Are you surprised?)
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/1100/p10.html
Be Present -- FPM
Feb 1, 2016 - When demands and distractions intrude on your patient encounters, practice these tips for being fully present.
Family Practice Management : Employed Practice
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0100/p8.html
Beating the Prior Authorization Blues -- FPM
Oct 1, 2016 - Getting insurer approval for treatment can take hours out of your week. Here are some ways to reduce the pain.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0900/p15.html
Becoming a Physician Executive: Where to Look Before Making the Leap -- FPM
Aug 1, 1999 - Would administrative medicine be a good fit for you? Here are some issues you should think about as you consider the switch.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0700/p37.html
Becoming a Superpractice -- FPM
Dec 1, 2007 - You don't need a phone booth for a changing room.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/1100/p8.html
Becoming an Effective Physician Leader -- FPM
May 1, 1999 - Your clinical practice has planted the seeds of leadership skills, but they need intensive cultivation to flourish.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0500/p35.html
Before You Sign That Office Lease
...November/December 2010 | www.aafp.org/fpm | FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | 17 Here’s what to look for - and what to avoid. MARLY MCMILLEN, MBA, AND JIM AREND, MBA If you build it, people will come. That may have been good advice for Kevin Costner in the 1989 film Field of...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/fpm20101100p17.pdf
Before You Sign That Office Lease -- FPM
Dec 1, 2010 - Here's what to look for - and what to avoid.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p17.html
Begin the Beguine, or loosening up for some ICD-10 dance steps -- FPM
Begin the Beguine, or loosening up for some ICD-10 dance steps
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/begin_the_beguine_or_loosening.html
Beginning With a Vision -- FPM
Mar 1, 1999 - The article explains the importance of having a shared vision to guide a practice's efforts toward quality patient care.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0300/p57.html
Behavioral Health -- FPM Topic Collection
Nov 14, 2019 - Advertisement Topic Collection Behavioral Health Editors' Choice of Best Available Content This article collection features popular FPM content on topics such as substance use disorders or other addictions and mental health conditions. Categories Mental Health...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=111
Being All Things to All Patients -- FPM
May 1, 2008 - You can do it all, or do some of it better.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0500/p6.html
Benefits Programs: Look Before You Leap -- FPM
Apr 1, 1998 - This article discusses what benefits salaried FPs should seek to negotiate into their employment contracts.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0400/p67.html
Best Practices in Claims Processing -- FPM
Aug 1, 2003 - Developed by a committee representing health plans and medical specialty societies including the AAFP, these tips are designed to assist family physicians and their billing staff reduce payment delays attributed to problems related to coordination of benefits.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0700/p19.html
Better Practice Through Better Information -- FPM
Feb 1, 2003 - Argues that information management on larger and larger scales is crucial to family practice; introduces Bradd article on practice intranet and Endsley article on clinical instrument panel.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0200/p8.html
Beyond Burnout: Addressing System-Induced Distress -- FPM
Oct 1, 2019 - To describe the current phenomenon, we need a better term that puts the blame where it belongs and reminds us that the problem is responsive to multiple treatment strategies.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0900/p4.html
Beyond Charting: Using Your EHR's Data to Improve Quality -- FPM
May 1, 2005 - Author describes how his residency program uses Crystal Reports to produce reports from their EMR system -- reports that have been useful in QI programs that have improved A1c, LDL and other outcome parameters.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0500/p90.html
Beyond EHRs: How Technology Can Help You Treat Chronic Illness -- FPM
Mar 1, 2008 - New tools may soon connect you to your patients at home.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0300/p29.html
Beyond IQ: How's your EQ? -- FPM
EQ involves the ability to accurately recognize emotions in yourself and others and then manage those emotions as they are occurring.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/emotional_intelligence.html
Beyond Work-Life "Balance" -- FPM
Apr 1, 2016 - Balance isn't sustainable, but perhaps we can achieve dynamic equilibrium.
Family Practice Management : Employed Practice
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0300/p7.html
Big Business and Bad Medicine -- FPM
Jun 1, 1999 - Editorial arguing that efforts to make medicine into big business are doomed to failure because they are economically unsound and because medicine is an art, not a business, and an art that depends on the doctor being set apart as special, not shoved into a slot with other providers.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0600/p8.html
Big Ideas to Help Your Practice Thrive -- Family Practice Management
...In late 2003, a year marked by rising malpractice insurance premiums, HIPAA compliance deadlines, ongo-ing reimbursement struggles and questions about the future of family medicine, the editors of Family Practice Management decided enough was enough. Determined to counter the tumultuous...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0900/fpm20040900p27.pdf
Big Ideas to Help Your Practice Thrive -- FPM
Sep 1, 2004 - Your family physician colleagues share their best ideas for energizing and strengthening the practice of medicine.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0900/p27.html
Billing & Claims -- FPM Topic Collection
Jul 23, 2010 - This article collection features popular FPM content on the subjects of billing, claims, collections, and other ways to maximize revenue -- from reducing denials to implementing patient payment policies. This article collection features popular FPM content on the subjects of billing, ...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=50
Billing E/M services with allergy procedures is getting Medicare's attention -- FPM
Billing E/M services with allergy procedures is getting Medicare's attention
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/billing_e_m_services_with.html
Billing for Medicare Part D Vaccines -- FPM
Aug 1, 2007 - CMS introduced vaccine administration code G0377 for 2007, but what you will report next year is still unknown.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0700/p33.html
Billing for multiple skin procedures: three steps -- FPM
If you perform more than one skin procedure for the same patient on the same day, follow these three special billing rules to get the correct payment.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/multiple_skin_procedures.html
Billing for NP Services: What You Need to Know -- FPM
May 1, 1998 - The author explains Medicare rules related to reimbursement for patient care provided by midlevel providers.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0500/p12.html
Billing for Your Work With Surgeons -- FPM
Aug 1, 2004 - Coding and billing for services when a patient is undergoing surgery and is also under the care of a surgeon can be challenging for family physicians; the author explains how to do it right.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0700/p16.html
Billing Medicare for Diabetes Self-Management Training -- FPM
Apr 1, 1999 - Medicare now covers education for patients with diabetes, but be sure the right person is doing the educating.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0400/p10.html
Billing Medicare for Diabetes Self-Management Training (Update) -- FPM
Apr 1, 2001 - The reimbursement might make it worth your time to become an accredited diabetes educator.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0400/p14.html
Billing, Collections and Claims Processing -- FPM Toolbox
Feb 23, 2018 - Download tools such as the FPM superbill to help you optimize your billing, collections, and claims processing.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox : Billing, Collections and Claims Processing
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolType.htm?toolTypeId=1
Blending Work and Family -- FPM
May 1, 2004 - Although some physicians try to balance their busy lives by setting clear boundaries between work and home, this physician explains how she benefits from letting her professional and personal lives overlap.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0500/p72.html
Blinded by a Patient's Age -- FPM
Jun 1, 2015 - When you see an 18-year-old patient, you don't expect to deliver bad news.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0500/p40.html
Blood Glucose Tracker -- FPM
Jun 1, 2015 - The Blood Glucose Tracker app enables patients who have diabetes to quickly and easily track their blood glucose.
Family Practice Management : SPPACES: App Reviews
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0500/p32.html
Bonuses and Incentives: Three Key Questions -- FPM
Aug 1, 1999 - This article is the second of a two-part series offering advice to employed family physicians about how to evaluate various bonuses and incentives as part of their compensation packages.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0700/p51.html
Breaking Even on Four Visits Per Day -- FPM
Jun 1, 2007 - Spurning health plan contracts enabled this practice to dramatically reduce overhead and fees while improving access for the uninsured.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0600/p19.html
Bridging the Physician-Counselor Divide -- FPM
Feb 1, 2012 - When patients need to be referred for counseling, these tips can ensure success.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/0100/p36.html
Bringing Behavioral Health Into Your Practice Through a Psychiatric Collaborative Care ...
...www.aafp.org/fpm November/December 2019 | FPM | 11 CME LEISA BAILEY, MD, GRACE WAGSTAFF, MS, AND DIANE LITTLE, APRN-PSYCHIATRIC Bringing Behavioral Health Into Your Practice Through a Psychiatric Collaborative Care Program Learn how to implement an integrated behavioral...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/1100/fpm20191100p11.pdf
Bringing Behavioral Health Into Your Practice Through a Psychiatric Collaborative Care ...
Dec 1, 2019 - Learn how to implement an integrated behavioral health program that will more than pay for itself while increasing patients’ access to care.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/1100/p11.html
Bringing You Knowledge in Small Bites -- FPM
Feb 1, 1999 - Highlights the number of small, easily digested bits of information in this issue.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0200/p9.html
Building a Mind-Set of Service Excellence -- Family Practice Management
...April 2002 ■ www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 41 Today’s consumers experience high levels of service from Internet booksellers who seem to know thempersonally, credit card companies who process information instantaneously and banks with ATM...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0400/fpm20020400p41.pdf
Building a Mind-Set of Service Excellence -- FPM
Apr 1, 2002 - Here’s how to assess and improve the level of service your practice is currently providing.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0400/p41.html
Building a New Health Care System -- FPM
Jan 1, 2002 - Reports on Don Berwick's plenary speech at the 2002 National Forum on Quality, focusing on the argument that there's no excuse for not trying to improve what you can improve in the system.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0100/p12.html
Building a Patient Registry From the Ground Up -- FPM
Dec 1, 1999 - The article continues a series on one group's participation in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's chronic care quality improvement project. This article explains how a practice can identify its patients who have diabetes and organize that information into a registry.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/1100/p43.html
Building Capacity to Care for Refugees -- FPM
Aug 1, 2017 - So you want to incorporate refugee health into your practice. Now what?
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0700/p21.html
Building for Tomorrow: The Idealized Design of Clinical Office Practices -- FPM
May 1, 2000 - A response to the article in this issue by Kilo and Endsley.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0500/p13.html
Building the Case for the Patient-Centered Medical Home -- FPM
Feb 1, 2009 - A coalition is working to prove the concept and create an imperative for change. Payers and policymakers are getting on board. Are you?
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2009/0100/p14.html
Building the Future of Health Care on the Foundations of Family Practice -- FPM
Jan 1, 2000 - Hold on to your heritage as a family physician. It may save the health care system, or at least save your patient from it.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0100/p41.html
Bundled payments for chronic conditions may be tricky -- FPM
Bundled payments for chronic conditions may be tricky
Family Practice Management : Getting Paid : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/bundled_payments_for_chronic_conditions.html
Burnout prevention: get rid of stupid stuff in your practice -- FPM
Although burnout in health care is largely a system problem, individual physicians can take steps to lighten their burden. Here are five ideas to help you get started.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/burnout_prevention.html
Business Loans Made Easy -- FPM
Feb 1, 1998 - Thanks to a multibillion-dollar mistake by the government, loans for your practice are easier to get.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0200/p33.html
Buying Your First PDA -- FPM
Aug 1, 2001 - The author explains the features of a PDA and what to look for when shopping for one that will be used in a medical practice.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0700/p50.html
Calculating Your Costs Per Visit -- Family Practice Management
...April 2004 ■ www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 41 Aunit cost analysis is one of the most useful yet underused tools for man- aging a family practice. It takes into account all of the resources associated with providing a particular service and...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0400/fpm20040400p41.pdf
Calculating Your Costs per Visit -- FPM
Apr 1, 2004 - Do you know what it costs your practice to provide an adult physical, a well-child exam or an office procedure? A unit cost analysis will tell you that and more.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0400/p41.html
Call for Peer Reviewers -- FPM
May 1, 2002 - A call for peer reviewers
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0500/p14.html
Call RVUs: One Way to Make Call More Equitable -- Family Practice Management
...June 2002 ■ www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 31 It’s probably safe to say that few physi-cians actually enjoy call. It can causemore dissention among physicians thanmoney. And for family physicians, it can be even more intense, given that access...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0600/fpm20020600p31.pdf
Call RVUs: One Way to Make Call More Equitable -- FPM
Jun 1, 2002 - By acknowledging that not all call is created equal, one group has made its call schedule less contentious.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0600/p31.html
Can Family Medicine Still Catalyze Social Change? -- FPM
Feb 1, 2007 - 'Tis better to disrupt than be disrupted.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0200/p8.html
Can We Avoid Errors in Family Practice? -- FPM
Aug 1, 2002 - FPM's medical editor writes about research to identify sources of error in family practice.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0700/p15.html
Can You Negotiate Better Reimbursement? -- Family Practice Management
...It has been more than a decade since increases in fees have resulted in increas-es in income. The introduction of the Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) and the adoption of a national fee schedule by Medicare virtually eliminated a practice’s ability to generate more income...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/fpm20041000p31.pdf
Can You Negotiate Better Reimbursement? -- FPM
Oct 1, 2004 - With the right data and a reasonable approach, you can overcome some inequities in payers’ fee schedules.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/p31.html