March/April 2010

Features

Documenting History in Compliance With Medicare's Guidelines

Kent J. Moore

How to Solve Problems in Your Practice With a New Meeting Approach

Sabrina M. Chase; Paul A. Nutting; Benjamin F. Crabtree

Medicare Enrollment: Staying in the Game Even When the Rules Change

Daniel F. Shay

The 12-Step Way to Reduce Practice Expenses: Part 1, Staffing Efficiencies

Reed Tinsley

Departments

From The Editor

FPM: Read It As You Like It
Robert L. Edsall

Opinion

Should Doctors Reject the Government's EHR Incentive Plan?
David C. Kibbe

The Last Word

An Open Letter to All the Health Plans That Keep Sending Me Letters
Linda Lundeen

Practice Pearls

• Use a Cell Phone Camera to Document Biopsy Sites • Streamline Your Annual Physical Process • Handling Prescription Change Requests from PBMs

Coding & Documentation

• No Shows • Diabetic Foot Exams • Medication Management • More Than Four Diagnosis Codes • Diagnosis Code for Drug-Seeking Behavior • Deceased Patient's Chart Review • Lack of Voiding • Second Opinions for Nursing Home Patients • TB Test Site Check

Letters

• A Different Form of Health Care Reform

• The EHR Incentive

• Thank Your Staff and Your Patients

About The CME Quiz

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