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Defining the effective date for Medicare claimsThis month's question asks about effective dates and Medicare. Find out the answer to this pressing coding question.
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Maximize patient collections using the webWith the addition of EHRs and patient portals, many practices today are better positioned to incorporate modern processes and procedures to manage their accounts receivables more effectively, particularly by improving collections from patients.
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Use bypass trust to minimize estate taxes, postpone distributionsThis tool can help married couples make distributions to their children and charities posthumously without giving more than necessary to the government.
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How defensive medicine has caused healthcare costs to riseOne doctor says that the large number of unnecessary diagnostic tests have caused healthcare costs to increase and offers his insight into how to fix the system.
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Clinical Centers of Excellence: Diagnosis, treatment of dementiaThis month's Clinical Centers of Excellence series features facilities offering comprehensive diagnostic modalities and treatments including investigational protocols for dementia.
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Teaming up: The benefits of integrating primary care with behavioral healthHaving behavioral health professionals working closely with primary care physicians helps patients overcome any reluctance to get counseling.
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How hiring a physician assistant or nurse practitioner could ease a physician’s work load, increase take-home pay, and moreIf you are having trouble finding physicians to join your practice, dismayed by their demands or expectations at interviews, or concerned about their high cost or need to be a partner, hiring a physician assistant or nurse practitioner may be your answer.
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Bone density tests strengthen bottom lineDual-energy x-ray absorpitometry to assess bone density isn't new. What is new is that advancing technology and falling costs make it feasible for more practices to offer the service, even with uncertainty about future reimbursement rates.
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How to communicate risk to patientsJeffrey K. Pearson, DO, keeps it simple when discussing risk with his patients.
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CMS gives guidance on Medicaid incentive payments for EHRsIn order to encourage providers to adopt EHR technology, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has informed state Medicaid directors that the federal government will reimburse states for 100 percent of incentive payments made to healthcare providers showing "meaningful use" of electronic health records.
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CCE Cardiometabolic disorders: University of Minnesota by the numbersThe numbers behind the University of Minnesota's cardiometabolic disorders program
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Internet psychotherapy for depression in primary care shows effectivenessPatients suffering from depression who participated in online cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions were nearly 2.5 times more likely to recover from depression than their standard care counterparts.
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Carefully discharge difficult patientsAll physicians are perfect, and all patients are perfect, right? Wrong. When the doctor-patient relationship goes south, you have the right to terminate your involvement, just so long as you follow these rules.
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Does it make sense to treat my children unequally in my will?Sometimes dividing your estate unequally among your children makes sense, but doing so also can cause lasting conflict.
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Viewpoint: All hospitals should publish their fee schedulesHow one urinalysis reflects the state of U.S. health care.
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Marathon runners: Should we screen all of them?A physician runner ponders the question of whether or not physicals should be mandatory for all long-distance runners.
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Viewpoint: 5 health-care reforms that would immediately save money and improve carePhysicians sometimes see reforms that lawmakers do not.
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Pearson: Healthcare reform is the right thing to doMedical Economics editorial board member Jeffrey K. Pearson, DO, shares his opinion about the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling.
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Call is a waste of timeFor primary care physicians, being at the mercy of a pager is not only annoying, but accomplishes little, the author asserts.
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2019 Physician Writing Contest Winner: The patient who lowered my shieldThe first place winner for the physician writing contest.
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Can small independent practices survive?If the choice of personal medical care offered by small practices is to be preserved, the rules of the game must change.
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Fixing medical care: The pride of ownershipRestoring the trusted patient-physician relationship.
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Viewpoint: What doctors can learn from airlinesIn light of the current economic recession, patients must realize that many doctors will begin to charge for goods and services that up until now have been free and taken for granted.
