When it's time to part ways with a patient -- FPM
When problematic patient behaviors strain your relationship or your practice, a standardized approach can help you to decide whether dismissal is warranted and terminate the relationship without running afoul of contractual guidelines.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/when_its_time_to_part_ways_with_a_patient.html
What's your coding profile? -- FPM
Comparing your E/M coding distribution with national benchmarks will help you identify aberrant coding patterns and make adjustments before they raise a red flag with payers or cost your practice money.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/whats_your_coding_profile.html
Is It Ethical to Accept Gifts From Patients? -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - To make the right decision, first consider the patient’s motives.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p40.html
Getting to No: How to Respond to Inappropriate Patient Requests -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - The five-step FAVER approach can help you say no to uncomfortable requests while preserving the patient relationship.
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p25.html
Ten Strategies for Building Emotional Intelligence and Preventing Burnout -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - You couldn’t have made it through medical school and residency without a high intellect, but have you developed your emotional intelligence?
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p11.html
Coding Changes for Family Medicine in 2018 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - New codes for cognitive assessment and care planning, team-based care management, prolonged preventive services, and anticoagulation management are among this year’s changes.
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p5.html
Four Mobile Apps to Encourage Healthy Habits -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - Recommend these mobile apps to patients as a way to reinforce recommended lifestyle changes.
Family Practice Management : SPPACES: App Reviews
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/oa1.html
Rethinking Workflow: Team Rooming for Greater Efficiency -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - This physician and medical assistant jump-start patient visits by teaming up and reversing some traditional roles in the exam room.
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p15.html
Making Sense of MACRA in 2018: Six Things You Need to Know -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - The rules for complying with Medicare’s Quality Payment Program are getting stricter.
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p21.html
Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2018 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - Reciprocal billing during extended absences | ICD-10 coding for accidents without injury | Removal of impacted cerumen
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p33.html
Making Sense of MACRA: Advance Care Planning -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - You can get paid for advance care planning and satisfy a high-priority quality measure for MACRA.
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p9.html
Thank You, FPM Peer Reviewers (2017) -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - We would like to thank the following peer reviewers for their valuable contributions to FPM during 2017.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p36.html
FPM: Your Partner in Practice -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - Practicing medicine may be more challenging than ever, but FPM is here to help - redesigned and focused on what family physicians need today.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p4.html
Practice Pearls - Jan-Feb 2018 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - Warn patients about privacy issues associated with genetic testing | Use text messages to boost flu shots | Encourage employee recognition
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p34.html
Help patients protect genetic testing results -- FPM
Patients look to us for health care advice. We can also help them in protecting themselves and their health care information.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/help_patients_protect_genetic_testing_results.html
How not to be "that doctor" -- FPM
You have heard your patients describe bad experiences with other physicians. Deserved or not, their complaints should cause all of us to strive not to be that doctor.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/how_not_to_be_that_doctor.html
Why a top-down approach to change doesn't work -- FPM
Instead of applying a top-down, cookie-cutter approach, leaders should give clinics a playbook not to simply copy but to copy-improve.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/why_a_top_down_approach_doesnt_work.html
Recruitment strategies for medicare annual wellness visits -- FPM
To increase the number of patients who receive Medicare annual wellness visits, physicians and staff both have a role to play.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/recruitment_strategies_for_medicare_annual_wellness_visits.html
The Medicare Quality Payment Program: Four things to do now -- FPM
The following steps will help you to participate more successfully in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track of the Medicare Quality Payment Program.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/Medicare_quality_payment_program.html
Connecting with your patients despite the EHR -- FPM
The following tips can help you to keep the EHR from dominating your patient visits.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/connecting_with_your_patients.html
A quick intervention for helping your depressed patients -- FPM
To help patients break the depression cycle -- sad mood, low energy, avoidance of pleasurable activities, and social isolation -- start by helping them recognize it.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/quick_intervention_for_helping_depressed_patients.html
CMS: rate of physicians receiving Value Modifier penalties falls in final year -- FPM
CMS has announced that fewer physicians will receive a negative payment adjustment under the Value Modifier program this year than in the past two years.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/2018_Value_Modifier_penalties_falls.html
Don’t miss these four important coding changes for 2018 -- FPM
Several noteworthy new payment opportunities and code revisions took effect on Jan. 1.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/four_important_coding_changes_for_2018.html
How to respond to a negative online review -- FPM
Patients and employers are checking on your online reputation, and you should be too.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/how_to_respond_to_a_negative_online_review.html
Tips for better communication with older patients -- FPM
These tips for communicating with older adults can help improve care and the doctor-patient relationship.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/better_communication_with_older_patients.html
An easier way to report data for QPP has arrived -- FPM
Physicians participating in the Quality Payment Program can now submit all of their MIPS data through a single platform. Here's how.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/an_easier_way_to_report_for_qpp.html
Resolved! Eight goals for the new year for family physicians -- FPM
Family physicians share their practice-related resolutions for the new year.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/new-year-resolutions.html
How to practice mindfulness and increase your fulfillment at work -- FPM
Mindfulness: Would you rather go to work each day feeling stressed, rushed, and distracted or fully present, engaged, and fulfilled? You have a choice.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/mindfulness.html
Are you getting paid for non-face-to-face prolonged care? -- FPM
CMS in January created a set of CPT codes that allows physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners to bill for non-face-to-face prolonged care of patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/are_you_getting_paid_for_non-face-to-face_prolonged.html
Getting Paid for Screening and Assessment Services -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - If you're not coding and billing for these services, you might be leaving money on the table.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p25.html
Opting Out of Medicare: How to Get Out and Stay Out -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - Physicians can cut ties with Medicare and privately contract with Medicare beneficiaries, but doing it incorrectly can be costly.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p17.html
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
How to Lead Up in Your Organization -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - Leading up is about setting an example and building influence so you can be more effective. It starts with these seven skills.
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p6.html
Change Is Hard: What Really Happens When You Try to Implement a New Care Model -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - Even with a laudable goal, such as reducing physicians’ administrative burdens, it can be difficult to implement change. These real-world lessons can help.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p10.html
You Can and Should Be a Leader – Even if You Aren't a Natural -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - With a few basic skills, you can expand your influence and make your organization a better place to work.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p5.html
Making Sense of MACRA: Aligning Transitional Care Management With the Quality Payment ...
Dec 1, 2017 - Learn how coordinated care benefits patients, QPP performance, and your bottom line.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p21.html
How to Make Friends With Urgent Care -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - Most of our patients will eventually seek urgent care, so we need to get along.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p40.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov-Dec 2017 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - Advertisement << How to Make Friends Wi ... Previous article Practice Pearls Next article >> Nov-Dec 2017 Issue CODING and DOCUMENTATION Cindy Hughes, CPC, CFPC Fam Pract Manag. 2017 Nov-Dec;24(6):34. Author disclosure: no relevant financial affiliations disclosed. This content...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p34.html
Practice Pearls - Nov-Dec 2017 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2017 - Advertisement << Coding & Documentation Previous article You Can and Should Be ... Next article >> Nov-Dec 2017 Issue PRACTICE PEARLS Fam Pract Manag. 2017 Nov-Dec;24(6):35. Break the rules for better patient care Avoid portal overload Don't fear conflict within your team Break the...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/p35.html
University of Southern California program wins 2017 FPM Award for Practice Improvement ...
The University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine has won this year’s FPM Award for Practice Improvement.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/USC_program_wins_2017_FPM_Award_Practice_Improvement.html
Quick Tips -- FPM
In Practice, a blog from FPM journal
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice.html
Medicare payment news for 2018: the key takeaways -- FPM
As 2017 draws to a close, the Medicare program is notifying physicians how they will be evaluated and paid for treating patients in 2018. In case you’re not an avid reader of the Federal Register (and most people aren’t), let’s go over some details.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/medicare_payment_news_the_key_takeaways.html
New resource for those with questions about new Medicare card -- FPM
New Medicare identification cards for beneficiaries are in the works. Here's what CMS is doing to prepare.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/CMS_appoint_Medicare_card_provider_ombudsman.html
CMS extends preview period for Physician Compare -- FPM
Technical problems have forced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend the deadline for physicians wanting to review the information about them and their practices that the agency plans to be release publicly through the Physician Compare website.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/CMS_extends_preview_period_for_Physician_Compare.html
Use 30-day window to review what Physician Compare says about you -- FPM
Beginning, Oct. 18, CMS is giving physicians 30 days to preview the information about them on Physician Compare before publicly releasing it online.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/review_what_Physician_Compare_says_about_you.html
In a small group? Combine with others now to participate in MIPS -- FPM
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says physicians in solo or small group practices have until Dec. 1 to formally notify Medicare that they are participating in a virtual group. These groups make it easier for small practices to participate fully in MIPS.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/in_a_small_group_combine_with_others_now_for_MIPS.html
Patients and physicians agree: not enough time for care -- FPM
If you don’t feel you’re spending enough time with your patients during appointments to provide the best care, it’s likely your patients agree with you.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/patients_and_physicians_agree_not_enough_time_for_care.html
Medicare payments for lab tests to change in 2018 -- FPM
Does your office perform lab tests for Medicare beneficiaries? The amount of Medicare reimbursement your office receives for those tests is likely changing, and not positively.
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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/Medicare_lab_payments_to_change_in_2018.html
How to Talk to Reluctant Patients About the Flu Shot -- FPM
Oct 1, 2017 - This three-step framework can help you address patients' concerns about influenza immunization.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0900/p6.html
Technology Tools and Trends for Better Patient Care: Beyond the EHR -- FPM
Oct 1, 2017 - From remote monitoring of chronic diseases to virtual assistants in the exam room, technology will improve practice.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0900/p28.html