Feb 2004
Features
The Outcomes of Open-Access Scheduling
The Stark Truth About the Stark Law: Part II
Making Evidence-Based Medicine Doable in Everyday Practice
Departments
Editor's Page
The Evidence-Based Medicine Heresy
Robert L. Edsall
Getting Paid
How to Code for Observation Services
Betsy Nicoletti
Improving Patient Care
Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism
Mark H. Ebell
Computers
A Primer on Wireless Networks
Matt Lewis
Balancing Act
The Fine Art of Refusal
Frances Spickerman
Letters
• Changing the Perception of Family Medicine
• Diagnosing and Treating Strep Throat
Coding & Documentation
• Preventive & E/M Services at a New Patient Visit • Screening Fecal Occult • Time-Based Coding • Desferal Injection • Same-Day Hospital-to-Hospital Transfer • Replacing a PEG Tube
Monitor
• Physicians' Reimbursement Claims Face Greater Scrutiny • "Rational Rationing" Would Improve Quality, Cut Costs • Is Your Practice Ready for Change? • Helping Patients Get Politically Involved
Ask FPM
• HIPAA Authorizations • Documenting Sick-Leave Excuses • Credentialing Delays
Practice Diary
• A Pain in the Neck • Scoped!
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