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January 2006 - Medicare Part
D
Are You Ready for Medicare Part D? • CPT 2006: Another Year,
Another Round of Updates • Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Vaccine
Prioritization • Group Visits for Chronic Illness Care: Models, Benefits
and Challenges • Seven Characteristics of Successful Work Relationships
• Rekindling the Fire of Family Medicine • Coding & Documentation
• Practice Pearls • The Firing Squad |
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February 2006 - Cash-Only
Practice
Could It Work for You? • 2,500 Cash-Paying Patients and
Growing • Cashing in on House Calls • A New Future With an Old
Business Model • Coding Level-IV Visits Without Fear • Minimizing the
Risk of Financial Fraud • Physician Leadership: A New Model for a New
Generation • Free Software for Your Practice • Coding &
Documentation • Practice Pearls • Doctorhood and Motherhood |
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March 2006 - Consumer-Directed
Health Plans
How Consumer-Driven Health Plans Will Affect Your Practice
• Creating a High-Performing Clinical Team • EHRs in the Exam Room:
Tips on Patient-Centered Care • Patient Balances: Getting to the Root of
the Problem • Implementing Open-Access Scheduling in an Academic Practice
• Disabled ... or Otherwise Enabled? • Coding & Documentation
• Practice Pearls • What to Do When the Thrill Is Gone |
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April 2006 - Same-Day E/M
Services
Same-Day E/M Services:What to Do When a Health Plan Won’t
Pay • Creating a Lean Practice • Outpatient vs. Inpatient Treatment
of Community-Acquired Pneumonia • Using a Simple Patient Registry to
Improve Your Chronic Disease Care • Can Your Patients Afford the
Medications You Prescribe? • Reinventing Family Medicine • Coding
& Documentation • Practice Pearls • Turning Frustration Into
Fulfillment |
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May 2006 - Retail Health
Clinics
Retail Health Clinics Are Rolling Your Way • Escaping the
Tyranny of the Urgent by Delivering Planned Care • How to Bill for
Services Performed by Nonphysician Practitioners • Developing a Solo
Practice Exit Strategy • An Introduction to Personal Health Records •
An Update on Tobacco Cessation Reimbursement • What Do Retail Clinics Mean
for Family Medicine • Coding & Documentation • Practice Pearls
• How to Defuse an Exploding Physician |
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June 2006 - Malpractice
Malpractice Suits: Don’t Be a Target • New Drugs: How to
Decide Which Ones to Prescribe • Improve Your ICD-9 Coding With
Voice-Recognition Macros • Precertification, Denials and Appeals: Reducing
the Hassles • Getting Off the Collections Treadmill • Coding &
Documentation • Practice Pearls • Dressed to Ill |
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July/August 2006 - Pay for
Performance
How Does Your Practice Measure Up? • What Family
Physicians Need to Know About Pay for Performance • 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 • The
FPM Guide to Assembly CME • Coding & Documentation • Practice
Pearls • Diagnosis Du Jour |
| September 2006 - Special Focus: Tools
ICD-9 Changes: The New Codes Are Here • In Search of a Super Superbill • Providing Consistent Care With Standardized Admission Orders • The FPM Encounter Forms Collection: 'Paper Automation' of Your Progress Notes • Improving Communication With Older Patients: Tips From the Literature • Coding & Documentation • Practice Pearls • Why I Never Had an Atari Video Game System |
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October 2006 - Payer Survey
Grade Your Payers: The AAFP/FPM Survey • Managed Care Administrative Tasks: Cutting the Red Tape • Sports Physicals: A Coding Conundrum • Taming the Sample Closet • How to Improve the Quality of Waived Tests • Get Ready for the Revised CMS-1500 Claim Form • Coding & Documentation • Practice Pearls • Comfort Always |
| November/December 2006 - Health Plan Contracts
Negotiating a Contract With a Health Plan • Improving Office Practice:
Working Smarter, Not Harder • How to Fire a Staff Member • Effective
Work Relationships: A Vital Ingredient in Your Practice • Coding &
Documentation • Practice Pearls • Fixing Patients vs. Fixing Bicycles
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