Nov-Dec 2005

Features

A Refresher on Medicare and Concurrent Care

Kent J. Moore

Look Beyond Your Practice's Bottom Line

Albert Yu; Jonathan E. Rodnick

Take Your Personal Digital Assistant to the Next Level

Louis Spikol

Choosing the Right Practice Entity

Jeffrey B. Sansweet

Improving Chronic Illness Care: Lessons Learned in a Private Practice

Philip J. Mohler; Nancy B. Mohler

Departments

From the Editor

Chronic Care in an Acutely Ill System
Robert L. Edsall

Editorial

1-800-Chronic Disease Management
Roger C. Shenkel

Letters

• No Easy Answers to "Ten Hard Questions"

• Your Clinical Questions Answered

Practice Pearls

• Make Scheduling Job No. 1 • Implement Disease-Specific Dictation Reminders • Find the Medicare Allowable for a Particular Service • Surprise Your Staff With Extra Paid Time Off • Systematize Exam Room Restocking • Don't Let Your Numbers Tell the Story • Make Well-Informed Decisions

Coding & Documentation

• Coding an Initial Consultation • "Worried Well" Exam • Sports Physicals for Students • Billing for Care Plan Oversight

News & Trends

• Humana Settles With Physicians • Health Plans vs. Banks: Who Treats Their Customers Better? • Delegates Debate Recertification, Health Plan Hassles, Retail Clinics • Project Focuses on Billing Complexities • Study Finds Modest Improvement with P4P Programs

The Last Word

So How Are You Doing?
Richard E. Waltman

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