Sep 2003
Features
Understanding When to Use the New Patient E/M Codes
Why Did That Idea Flop?
Creating a Vital, Burnout-Proof Practice
Help With the HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Standards
Departments
Editor's Page
A Challenge for You
Robert L. Edsall
Getting Paid
Spanning the Global Surgical Package
Kent J. Moore
Improving Patient Care
Making Decisions at the Point of Care: Sore Throat
Mark H. Ebell
Balancing Act
Eight Ways to Improve Your Relationships
J. LeBron McBride
Letters
Change Attitudes; Save Hospitals
Coding & Documentation
Preventive Exam & E/M Starred vs. Nonstarred Procedures The Elements of an Exam 99211 for BP & Lab Coding a Nebulizer Treatment ICD-9 Codes for MVA Services Tuberculosis Skin Tests Consultation Codes for Pre-Operative Clearance
Monitor
Roughly Half of Adults Receive Recommended Care Understanding Modifier -59 Faster, More Accurate Prescription Writing Study Reveals FP Income, Malpractice Premiums
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Medicare Participation HIPAA and Homework Tracking Performance
Practice Diary
Complementary Medicine A Failure to Communicate I Would If I Could - But I Won't
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