Sep 2003

Features

Understanding When to Use the New Patient E/M Codes

Emily Hill

Why Did That Idea Flop?

Brian Crownover

Creating a Vital, Burnout-Proof Practice

Gordon Moore

Help With the HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Standards

David C. Kibbe

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

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

Ask FPM

• Medicare Participation • HIPAA and Homework • Tracking Performance

Practice Diary

• Complementary Medicine • A Failure to Communicate • I Would If I Could - But I Won't

Monitor

• Roughly Half of Adults Receive Recommended Care • Understanding Modifier -59 • Faster, More Accurate Prescription Writing • Study Reveals FP Income, Malpractice Premiums

Letters

• Coding Controversy

• EMRs Aren't for Everyone

• Change Attitudes; Save Hospitals

About the CME Quiz

AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz.

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