Oct 2005
Features
An EHR User-Satisfaction Survey: Advice From 408 Family Physicians
Get Better Results With Staff Performance Standards
Don't Get Burned Coding Common Skin Procedures
A Must-Do List for the Departing Physician
Reliability Science: Reducing the Error Rate in Your Practice
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
The Last Word
Coding Nonsense, NOS
Bobby J. Newbell
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