Jun 2000

Features

Planning Group Visits for High-Risk Patients

Steven C. Masley; Julia Sokoloff; Colleen Hawes

Determining the True Value of a Family Practice Residency Program

Perry Pugno; William R. Gillanders; Richard Lewan; K.D. Lowe; Amir Sweha; George Xakellis

How a Salaried FP Computerized His Practice -- on His Own

Matthew Levin

House Calls: Taking the Practice to the Patient

James Giovino

Departments

Editor's Page

Toward Electronic Medical Records for the Small Practice
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

How to Get Reimbursed When a Colleague Treats Your Patients
Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

Using Flow Sheets to Improve Diabetes Care
Brandi White

Computers

Lowering the Cost of Practice Management
David C. Kibbe

Balancing Act

Meetings Everyone Wants to Attend
Pamela J. Vaccaro

Coding & Documentation

• Allergy Shots • New Patient Definition • H. Pylori Test • Acupuncture and Hypnosis • Nonroutine Venipuncture • Most Common Office Visit Codes • Heel Pain Diagnosis • Waived Tests

Ask FPM

• Billing for Lab Tests • Backdating Referral Authorizations • Considering Ultrasound?

Practice Diary

• Electronic Claims • Complementary Medicine • Portal to Portal

Monitor

• Part-Time Practice Yields Equal Performance, Improved Satisfaction • Revised Documentation Guidelines at Least a Year Away • Evaluation and Management (E/M) Code Utilization in Family Practice • FDA Begins Review of Over-the-Counter Drug Policy • Lawsuit Challenging Resource-Based Practice Expenses Dismissed • Money Buys Happiness • Pill Splitting • Medicare on Trial • Going Broke • Equal Care? • Teen Depression • Preventing Dementia • Complementary Medicine • Press 1 For ...

Letters

• More Good Words for Capitation

• Something Is Wrong

• Recovering from Burnout

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