Nov-Dec 2007 Table of Contents
Features
Payer Trend: 'Tiering' Physicians and 'Steering' Patients
Panel Size: Answers to Physicians' Frequently Asked Questions
Optimizing Referrals & Consults With a Standardized Process
Departments
From The Editor
Opinion
The Last Word
Coding & Documentation
• Same Code for Same Procedure • Initial Hospital Care and 99221 • Prothrombin Time Testing With 99211 • Trigger Point Injections • Removing Multiple Lesions • 90805 Includes E/M Services • Using Test Results as a Diagnosis • NPs and Care Plan Oversight
News & Trends
• State Task Force Studying Doctor Pay • Inflation Outpaces Physicians' Pay Increases • Industry and Teaching Physicians • Study Adds Up Cost of Annual Physicals
Practice Pearls
• Walk the Walk • Make a Good First Impression • Increase the Time You Have for Patients • Retrieving Medical Records
Letters
• Contemplating Complementary Medicine?
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