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Jul-Aug, 2006 Table of Contents

Features

A Refresher on Medical Necessity

Finding the Perfect Job

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

Diagnosis Du Jour

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 Health Plan's Job

The Pros and Cons of Sole Proprietorship

Dressing the Part

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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