Oct 2005

Features

An EHR User-Satisfaction Survey: Advice From 408 Family Physicians

Robert L. Edsall; Kenneth G. Adler

Get Better Results With Staff Performance Standards

Judy Capko

Don't Get Burned Coding Common Skin Procedures

Keith Millette

A Must-Do List for the Departing Physician

James D. Wall

Reliability Science: Reducing the Error Rate in Your Practice

Stephen Elgert

Departments

From the Editor

Get the Most Out of FPM by Putting Our Tools to Work
Robert L. Edsall

Letters

• High Earning in the Practice of Family Medicine

• Homogenized Lemmings

Practice Pearls

• Give Your Waiting Area a Makeover • Discounts for Self-Pay Patients • Eight Tips for Physician Buy-In • Make Conflict Productive • Secrets to Effective Physician-Administrator Partnerships • Liability and Administrative Surcharges • Stay on Top of Third-Party Payers

Coding & Documentation

• 99000 for Transferring Labs • Change of Status • Counseling and Vaccinations for Travelers • Laser Treatment of Rosacea

News & Trends

• Aetna Goes Public With Physicians' Payment Rates • P4P Programs Should Offer True Bonuses, Says Panel • Are You Giving Patients More Care Than They Want? • Committee Addresses Hassles of Verifying Patients' Insurance • Small Practices May Profit From EHRs, Says Study • Concerns Over Inappropriate Screening Tests Spark Ethical Guidelines • New Resource Offers Rx Help for Needy Patients • Primary Care Sees Larger Pay Jump Than Other Specialties

The Last Word

Coding Nonsense, NOS
Bobby J. Newbell

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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