Feb, 2004 Table of Contents

Features

The Outcomes of Open-Access Scheduling

Dennis O'Hare; John Corlett

The Stark Truth About the Stark Law: Part II

Alice G. Gosfield

Making Evidence-Based Medicine Doable in Everyday Practice

Brandi White

Departments

Editor's Page

The Evidence-Based Medicine Heresy

Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

How to Code for Observation Services

Betsy Nicoletti

Improving Patient Care

Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism

Mark H. Ebell

Computers

A Primer on Wireless Networks

Matt Lewis

Balancing Act

The Fine Art of Refusal

Frances Spickerman

Coding & Documentation

• Preventive & E/M Services at a New Patient Visit • Screening Fecal Occult • Time-Based Coding • Desferal Injection • Same-Day Hospital-to-Hospital Transfer • Replacing a PEG Tube

Ask FPM

• HIPAA Authorizations • Documenting Sick-Leave Excuses • Credentialing Delays

Practice Diary

• A Pain in the Neck • Scoped!

Monitor

• Physicians' Reimbursement Claims Face Greater Scrutiny • "Rational Rationing" Would Improve Quality, Cut Costs • Is Your Practice Ready for Change? • Helping Patients Get Politically Involved

Letters

• What Makes a Leader?

• Is That Patient New?

• Tips for Coding 99214

• Changing the Perception of Family Medicine

• Diagnosing and Treating Strep Throat

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