Jul-Aug 2004
Features
How to Use Scheduling Data to Improve Efficiency
Using Bilingual Staff Members as Interpreters
Should You Charge Your Patients for "Free" Services?
Departments
Editor's Page
Exploring the Limits of an Insane System
Robert L. Edsall
Getting Paid
Billing for Your Work With Surgeons
Kent J. Moore
Patient Education
Do I Need an Interpreter? (Spanish version)
Deanna R. Willis
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Javier F. Sevilla Matir
Improving Patient Care
Sticking the Landing: How to Create a Clean End to a Medical Visit
Michelle E. Lutton
Balancing Act
Managing Family Dynamics
J. LeBron McBride
Coding & Documentation
99211 & Immunizations "Self-Limited, Minor" Problems After Office Hours Multiple Procedures at the Same Visit HCPCS Codes for Nubain & Phenergan Benadryl Injection
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Billing Costs Online Consultations Outside Your Patient Base Documenting E/M Services With Checklists Delayed Dictation
Practice Diary
Role Models Horses vs. Zebras V
Monitor
Backlog in Medicare Enrollment Processing Continues Supreme Court Limits Lawsuits Against HMOs
Letters
Waiting Room Entertainment and Copyright Laws
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