MAY 2003

Your inpatient care decisions could make or break your local hospital.

This residency’s implementation plan succeeded by leaving as little as possible to chance.

Vague contract language makes it tough – but not impossible – to make your case.

Patients who keep coming back often require physicians to walk the line between diagnosis and judgment.

In the old days of managed care, say 10 years ago, we heard a lot about aligning incentives. Incentive alignment was, for some, the holy grail. In essence, the idea was to pay physicians and hospitals and other providers in such a way that they all did the best financially when…

Letter to the editor

There’s a movement afoot to radically alter the way you choose the level of service of E/M codes.

Documenting observation and admission | Defining an E/M service | NDC numbers on claims | Pharmacologic management | Mini Mental Status Exam

Supreme Court affirms “any willing provider” law | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Family practice match numbers continue to decline | Doctors, hospitals try new response to medical errors | Help with HIPAA | Managing long waits…

Group visits can improve patient care and relieve you from the treadmill of office practice. Here’s how to get started.

Office manager for a day | Life insurance | A friend in need II

Personal digital assistants are the perfect solution for bringing evidence-based medicine to the point of care.

Transition to open access | Medicare Secondary Payer forms | Billing for temporary physicians | Documentation forms for preventive exams

Focusing your attention is the key to getting more done.