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Nov-Dec, 2005 Table of Contents

Features

A Refresher on Medicare and Concurrent Care

Look Beyond Your Practice's Bottom Line

Take Your Personal Digital Assistant to the Next Level

Choosing the Right Practice Entity

Improving Chronic Illness Care: Lessons Learned in a Private Practice

Departments

From The Editor

Chronic Care in an Acutely Ill System

Editorial

1-800-Chronic Disease Management

The Last Word

So How Are You Doing?

Coding & Documentation

• Coding an Initial Consultation • "Worried Well" Exam • Sports Physicals for Students • Billing for Care Plan Oversight

News & Trends

• Humana Settles With Physicians • Health Plans vs. Banks: Who Treats Their Customers Better? • Delegates Debate Recertification, Health Plan Hassles, Retail Clinics • Project Focuses on Billing Complexities • Study Finds Modest Improvement with P4P Programs

Practice Pearls

• Make Scheduling Job No. 1 • Implement Disease-Specific Dictation Reminders • Find the Medicare Allowable for a Particular Service • Surprise Your Staff With Extra Paid Time Off • Systematize Exam Room Restocking • Don't Let Your Numbers Tell the Story • Make Well-Informed Decisions

Letters

No Easy Answers to "Ten Hard Questions"

Your Clinical Questions Answered

ABOUT THE CME QUIZ

AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz. Subscribers may instead return the answer card (included in the plastic issue wrap).

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