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Family Practice Management - November/December 2012

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- Family Practice Management - November/December 2012
- Table of Contents
- Contact Us
- The Role of Peer Review in FPM
- Letters
- CPT Update for 2013
- A Streamlined Approach to Prescription Management
- A Toolkit for Clinicians Rounding in Long-Term Care Facilities
- A Team-Building Model for Team-Based Care
- The 2012 EHR User Satisfaction Survey: Responses From 3,088 Family Physicians
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- CME Quiz
- Classifieds
- Appreciate the Now
- Index of Advertisers

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Family Practice Management - September/October 2012

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:17:43 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - September/October 2012
- Contents
- Contact Us
- My Last Issue
- Rationing Time
- Letters
- Making Medicare Wellness Visits Work in Practice
- Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Durable Medical Equipment
- A Toolkit to Improve the Treatment of CA-MRSA
- Managing Messages
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- CME Quiz
- Classifieds
- The Last Word
- Index of Advertisers

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Family Practice Management - July/August 2012

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:10:04 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - July/August 2012
- Contents
- Contact Us
- “Tell Me About Yourself”
- Letters
- Evaluating Employment Agreements
- Documenting and Coding Preventive Visits: A Physician’s Perspective
- Rethinking the Difficult Patient Encounter
- How to Reduce Your Malpractice Risk
- The Anatomy of an ICD-10 Code
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- CME Quiz
- Classifieds
- A Family Physician’s Legacy
- Index of Advertisers

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Family Practice Management - May/June 2012

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - May/June 2012
- Contents
- Contact Us
- When Is a Team Not a Team?
- Back to the Future: The Way Forward in Health Care Reform
- Letters
- Medical Apps: Making Your Mobile Device a Medical Device
- Preparing for and Recovering From a Natural Disaster
- The 2012 FPM Survey of User Satisfaction With EHR Systems
- Nine Practice Sale Pitfalls to Avoid
- Six Characteristics of Effective Practice Teams
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- CME Quiz
- Classifieds
- The Last Word
- Index of Advertisers

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Family Practice Management - March/April 2012

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:10:03 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - March/April 2012
- Contents
- Contact Us
- From the editor
- Letters
- Medicare Annual Wellness Visits: Don’t Forget the Health Risk Assessment
- ACOs Are Coming: Should You Sell Your Practice?
- A Nursing Home Documentation Tool for More Efficient Visits
- Clinical Decision Support: Using Technology to Identify Patients’ Unmet Needs
- ICD-10: What You Need to Know Now
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- CME Quiz
- Classifieds
- The Last Word
- Index of Advertisers

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Family Practice Management - January/February 2012

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

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- Family Practice Management - January/February 2012
- Contents
- Contact Us
- From the Editor
- Letters
- CPT 2012: Updated & Clarified
- How Inclusive Leadership Can Help Your Practice Adapt to Change
- The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: What You Need to Know
- How to Avoid Conflicts Between Your New EHR and Your Old Billing Company
- Practical Institutional Politics for Doctors
- The State of Family Medicine
- CME Quiz
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - November/December 2011

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

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- Family Practice Management - November/December 2011
- Contents
- Contact Us
- Plugging Practice Leaks
- Letters
- Simple Tools to Increase Patient Satisfaction With the Referral Process
- Rethinking Your Approach to Prescription “Refills”
- Is Your Practice at Risk for Fraud?
- Communicating Bad News to Your Patients
- CME Quiz
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - September/October 2011

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:01 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - September/october 2011
- Contents
- Contact Us
- From the Editor
- Letters
- Opinion
- What Family Physicians Need to Know About Acos
- One Last Annual ICD-9 Update
- Remove Roadblocks and Improve Access to Preventive Care
- E/M Coding and the Documentation Guidelines: Putting It All Together
- CME Quiz
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - July/August 2011

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - July/August 2011
- Contents
- Contact Us
- From the Editor
- Letters
- Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Made Easier
- Tools in This Issue
- Structure and Synchronicity for Better Charting
- “Why Did Your Productivity Decrease When We Hired You?”
- The 2011 EHR User Satisfaction Survey: Responses from 2,719 Family Physicians
- CME Quiz
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - May/June 2011

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - May/June 2011
- Contents
- Contact Us
- From the Editor
- Opinion
- Letters
- Registries Made Simple
- Keys to High-Functioning Office Teams
- Encouraging Patients to Change Unhealthy Behaviors With Motivational Interviewing
- An Organized Approach to Chronic Disease Care
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - March/April 2011

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - March/april 2011
- Contact Us
- Contents
- From the Editor
- Letters
- Answers to Your Questions About Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
- Four Strategies for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Your Practice
- Using a Simple Spreadsheet to Improve Intra-Office Communication and Patient Flow
- Five Common Coding Mistakes That Are Costing You
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - January/February 2011

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500

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- Family Practice Management - January/February 2011
- Contents
- A Microcosm of the Health Care ‘System’
- Letters
- CPT Update for 2011: Immunizations, Observations and More
- Should Your Practice Participate in a Quality-Reporting Program?
- The 2011 FPM Survey of User Satisfaction With EHR Systems
- Integrating a Behavioral Health Specialist Into Your Practice
- What You Need to Know About the Medicare Preventive Services Expansion
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Efficiencies of Meandering

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Family Practice Management - November/December 2010

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500

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- Family Practice Management - November/December 2010
- Contact Us
- Contents
- Escaping Inefficiency
- PCMH and ACO: Opposed or Mutually Supportive?
- Letters
- Successful EHR Implementations: Attitude Is Everything
- Before You Sign That Office Lease
- A Proactive Approach to Controlled Substance Refills
- Addressing Common Inefficiencies in Office Practice
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- What a Patient’s Numbers Don’t Tell

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Family Practice Management - September/October 2010

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - September/October 2010
- Contact Us
- Table of Contents
- Translating Learning Into Practice
- Letters
- ICD-9 Update 2011: Approaching the Change to ICD-10
- A Physician’s Guide to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: The Basics
- Health Coaching for Patients With Chronic Illness
- The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Still a Work in Progress
- Coding & Documentation
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word
- Five Ways to Improve Access to Care

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Family Practice Management - July/August 2010

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - July/August 2010
- Contents
- Does Your Practice Deserve an Award?
- Three Bright Ideas for Improving Electronic Health Record Usability
- Contact Us
- Thinking on Paper: Documenting Decision Making
- Strategies for Reducing Costs in Your Medical Community: The Grand Junction Experience
- EHR Satisfaction: User Characteristics Matter
- Is Your Medicare Payer Playing by the Rules?
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- Stay Out of the “Teachers’ Lounge”

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Family Practice Management - May/June 2010

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - May/June 2010
- Table of Contents
- Contact Us
- Your Piece of the Deficit
- Why the Medicare Fee Schedule and RVUs Matter to Employed Family Physicians
- Letters
- How Health Care Reform Will Affect Family Physicians
- How to Be an Efficient and Effective Preceptor
- Exam Documentation: Charting Within the Guidelines
- Tools in this Issue
- The 12-Step Way to Reduce Practice Expenses: Part 2, Operational Efficiencies
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - March/April 2010

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

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- Family Practice Management - March/April 2010
- Contact Us
- Table of Contents
- FPM: Read It As You Like It
- Should Doctors Reject the Government’s EHR Incentive Plan?
- Letters
- FPM Online
- Documenting History in Compliance with Medicare’s Guidelines
- Documenting History at a Glance
- How to Solve Problems in Your Practice With a New Meeting Approach
- Medicare Enrollment: Staying in the Game Even When the Rules Change
- The 12-Step Way to Reduce Practice Expenses: Part 1, Staffing Efficiencies
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- An Open Letter to All the Health Plan That Keep Sending Me Letters

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Family Practice Management - January/February 2010

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:05:19 -0500

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- Family Practice Management - January/February 2010
- Table of Contents
- Contact Us
- About the CME Quiz
- From the Editor
- Opinion
- Letters
- CPT 2010: Ring in the New Decade With These New Codes
- Tools and Strategies for Improving Asthma Management
- Asthma Management Flow Sheet
- Patient Self-Assessment Form – Asthma
- The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: Secrets to Success
- Reaching Out to an Impaired Physician
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- FPM Online
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - November/December 2009

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:19:20 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - November/December 2009
- Contents
- Step-by-Step Practice Transformation
- Creating a High-Quality, Low-Cost Health Care System: Lessons From Grand Junction
- The 2009 EHR User Satisfaction Survey: Responses From2,012 Family Physicians
- 10 Steps to a Patient-Centered Medical Home
- “Vital Signs” for Assessing Your Practice’s Financial Health
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- What If Quiznos Were Run Like Health Care?
- Classifieds

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Family Practice Management - September/October 2009

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:41:22 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - September/October 2009
- Contact Us
- Contents
- From the Editor
- Letters
- About the CME Quiz
- ICD-9 2010: New and Noteworthy Codes
- ICD-9 Codes for Family Medicine: The Short List
- Five Communication Strategies to Promote Self-Management of Chronic Illness
- Immediate Action Protocol: A Tool to Help Your Practice Assess Suicidal Patients
- Immediate Action Protocol: A Tool to Help Assess Suicidal Patients
- What You Can Do to Help Your Uninsured Patients
- Offering Financial Assistance to Newly Uninsured Patients
- Sample Patient Financial Hardship Application
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - July/August 2009

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:57:36 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - July/August 2009
- Contact Us
- Contents
- About the CME Quiz
- From the Editor
- Family Medicine Should Shape Reform, Not Vice Versa
- Toward a Modular EHR
- Letters
- Preparing Your Office for an Infectious Disease Epidemic
- The Patient-Centered Medical Home: 12 Tips to Help You Lead the Way
- “Will the Feds Really Buy Me an EHR?” and Other Commonly Asked Questions About the HITECH Act
- Why I Give My Cell Phone Number to My Patients
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - May/June 2009

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - May/June 2009
- Contact Us
- Contents
- From the Editor
- Opinion
- Letters
- FPM Online
- Online Reviews of Physicians: What Are Your Patients Posting About You?
- The Third FPM Survey of User Satisfaction With EHR Systems
- Eleven Patient Misconceptions About Antidepressants: How to Respond
- How to Maximize Revenue With Minimal Effort
- What Should You Do When Your Patient Brings a List?
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- FP Snapshot
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - March/April 2009

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - March/April 2009
- Contact Us
- Contents
- From the Editor
- Opinion
- Letters
- Chart Audit: Is Your Practice Billing What It Should?
- New Tool in this Issue
- Reducing Improper Internet Use in Your Office: A Quick, Easy and Free Solution
- Tying the Partnership Knot: Making It a Win for Both Practice and Associate
- Practicing Excellence: Your Role in Practice Transformation
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word
- About The CME Quiz

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Family Practice Management - January/February 2009

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:06:25 -0500

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- Family Practice Management - January/February 2009
- Contact Us
- Contents
- From the Editor
- Letters
- CPT 2009: Out With the Old, In With the New
- Building the Case for the Patient-Centered Medical Home
- New Year, New Medicare Preventive Coverage
- E-Prescribing: Why the Fuss?
- FP Snapshot
- Practice Pearls
- Coding & Documentation
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - November/December 2008

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:06:12 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - November/December 2008
- Contents
- Contact Us
- From the Editor
- Opinion
- Letters
- Time Is on Your Side: Coding on the Basis of Time
- Coding From the Bottom Up
- Six Payment Opportunities You May Have Overlooked
- CPT and ICD-9 Coding: The Right Tools for the Job
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- About the CME Quiz
- FP Snapshot
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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Family Practice Management - July/August 2008

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:53:13 -0400

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- Family Practice Management - July/August 2008
- Contents
- Contact Us
- From the Editor
- Message from the AAFP
- Opinion
- Letters
- CME Quiz
- Eight Steps to a Chart Audit for Quality
- Working With Insurers: A View From the Dark Side
- How We Improved Our Practice and Our Bottom Line With a New EMR System
- Your Practice On Hold: Planning for a Leave of Absence
- A New Approach to Making Your Doctor-Nurse Team More Productive
- Coding & Documentation
- Practice Pearls
- Classifieds
- Index of Advertisers
- The Last Word

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