Articles
Supercharging Your Web Experience
Learning how to use your Web browser can increase your efficiency and improve your Internet skills.
Seven Reasons to Dictate in the Presence of Your Patients
By simply moving dictation into the exam room, you may improve your practice in at least seven ways.
Is It Time to Re-examine Family Practice?
Stressed from within and without, family practice could flourish or fade in the coming years.
Understanding Your Managed Care Plan
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From the Editor
Family Practice Between the Waves
Over the past few years, managed care and the integration frenzy have swept over family practice like a mast-high wave. Now, poorly managed integrated systems are coming apart, managed care is subsiding, and the specialty is sliding down the back of the wave, trailing a tangle…
Letters
A malpractice suit “winner”
Getting Paid
Medicare Clarifies Preoperative Services Reimbursement Policy
You may be able to get paid for preoperative evaluation claims your carrier has denied.
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Coding Pap smears | 99211 for strep screens | Laser setup | When a hospitalized patient dies | Medical nutrition therapy
Monitor
MONITOR
Final patients’ rights bill depends on House-Senate compromise | Coding errors common, due to complex guidelines, says study | Health care utilization constant over 40 years, still concentrated in primary care | E/M guidelines on hold | 00:00:12 | No free lunch | Breaking up…
Improving Patient Care
Involving Patients in Medical Decisions: What Happens in Real-World Practice?
In today’s fast-paced environment, family physicians can realize the ideal of shared decision making by applying it when it matters most.
Practice Diary
Computers
A Primer on E-mail Discussion Lists
It’s easier than ever to share ideas with your colleagues. Best of all, you can do it on your own time from the comfort of your home or office.
Ask FPM
ASK FPM
Translator requirements | Using electronic signatures | Notice of fees for delinquent accounts
Balancing Act
Sharing Lives and Life’s Work
This group practice found more fulfillment in their work by purposely blurring the line between their personal and professional lives.