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

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

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

Letters

• High Earning in the Practice of Family Medicine

• Homogenized Lemmings

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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