Jul-Aug 2006 Table of Contents
Features
A Refresher on Medical Necessity
The Top PDA Resources for Family Physicians
How to Plan an Open House for Your Practice
How Does Your Practice Measure Up?
What Family Physicians Need to Know About Pay for Performance
Departments
From The Editor
Sinking Toward a Fertile Chaos
The Last Word
Coding & Documentation
• Billing for Group Visits • Multiple Physicians for One Patient • Communicating With Nursing Home Staff • Laser Therapy • "Get-Acquainted" Visits • Wound Repair • E Codes as Secondary Diagnoses • Telephone Counseling
News & Trends
• Medicare Proposes Substantial Changes to Physician Fee Schedule • Physician Income Declines Between 1995 and 2003 • Health Plans Reverse Troubling Payment Policies • Court Tosses Out Suit Against Health Plans
Practice Pearls
• Simplify Your Phone Service • Initiating Background Checks on Potential Employees • Remind Patients to Get A1C Checks • Manage by Walking Around • Host a Tailgate With Drug Reps • Encourage Vacations • Follow up With Your Patients • Create Templates for Study Orders
Letters
• Family Medicine vs. Retail Medicine
• Reinventing the Specialty, Continued
• The Pros and Cons of Sole Proprietorship
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