Robert D. Gillette
Three forces are making it difficult to be a family physician today, but there are reasons to be optimistic.
William Zeckhausen
Small changes can make a big difference in how you deal with the pressures of practice.
Paul Plsek
Here’s how to assess and improve the level of service your practice is currently providing.
Robert L. Edsall
Two potent influences in health care today are evidence-based medicine and rapid-cycle quality improvement – EBM and QI. It’s fascinating to me that the two should be ascendent at the same time, since in some respects they seem to get along about as well as the Montagues and...
Glen Couchman
Kent J. Moore
By planning ahead, you can take at least some of the red ink out of giving flu shots.
Kent J. Moore
After-hours codes in the ED | ICD-9 codes for newborn visits | Coding injections
Docs expected to refuse new Medicare patients due to payment cuts | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Medicare payment error rate lowest to date | Burned out already? | Insuring your own | Patients urged to speak up | No harm in full disclosure | A force to reckon with
Thomas J. Weida
You can use this encounter form to improve your documentation and your care.
Sanford J. Brown
A friend in need | Drug money | A service profession
Jack Valancy
This spreadsheet helps you compare the long-term costs of electronic medical records systems.
Maria V. Ciletti, Michael T. Ciletti, Alice G. Gosfield, Kent J. Moore, Jeffrey B. Sansweet
Discounts for uninsured patients | Covering call for ob/gyns | Billing for patients seen in your absence | Buying into a practice
Pamela J. Vaccaro
Never underestimate the effect common courtesies can have on your patients, your staff and your life.
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