Feb 2006

Features

Coding Level-IV Visits Without Fear

Thomas A. Waller

Minimizing the Risk of Financial Fraud

Herbert Snyder; Donna K. Dietz

Physician Leadership: A New Model for a New Generation

Catherine D. Serio; Ted D. Epperly

Free Software for Your Practice

James Dom Dera

Cash-Only Practice: Could It Work for You?

Trevor Stone

2,500 Cash-Paying Patients and Growing

Leigh Ann Backer

Cashing in on House Calls

Andrea L. Brand

A New Future With an Old Business Model

Shane J. Kraus

Departments

From the Editor

First-Party Payers: Should You Cut Out the Middle Plan?
Robert L. Edsall

Letters

• Chronic Disease Management

• Where's the Fire?

• Make Notes Better With Macros

• Group Visits for Chronic Illness Care

• How Are You Doing?

Practice Pearls

• Allocate Overhead Fairly • Streamline the Rx Refill Process • Make Better Decisions by Improving Your Meetings • Do Your Homework Before Offering Online Consults • Go to the Right Source for Help With Medicare Reimbursement Questions

Coding & Documentation

• Emergency Care Outside an ED • Modifiers for Multiple Births • History and Physical for Hospital Readmittance • Home Health Certification • Materials for Fiberglass Splints • Coding Pelvic Exams and Pap Smears • 99173 With an E/M Service

News & Trends

• Medicare Payment Cut Likely to Be Restored • Medicare Part D Formulary Help • Billing, Insurance Tasks Account for 20 Percent of Spending • Health Plans Clash With Physicians Over Payment Issues • Health Care Spending Still Growing • Board Offers 10-Year Recertification Option • Medicare Revises Physician Voluntary Reporting Program

The Last Word

Doctorhood and Motherhood
Sarina B. Schrager

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