Jun 2006
Features
New Drugs: How to Decide Which Ones to Prescribe
Improve Your ICD-9 Coding With Voice-Recognition Macros
Precertification, Denials and Appeals: Reducing the Hassles
Getting Off the Collections Treadmill
Don't Be a Target for a Malpractice Suit
Departments
From the Editor
34 Pieces of Advice Worth Repeating
Robert L. Edsall
Letters
Practice Pearls
Identify Patients Who Need a Checkup Remember to Consider 99214 Reconsider Records Requests Create an Electronic Filing Cabinet Build Staff Morale
Coding & Documentation
99211 for a Blood Pressure Check OB Care Before and After a C-Section Counseling When the Patient Is Not Present Diagnosis Codes for Medicare's Initial Exam
News & Trends
CMS Proposes Edits of More Than 10,000 CPT, HCPCS Codes Small but Growing Numbers of Physicians Drop Health Plans Colonoscopy Guideline Could Aid FPs Seeking Privileges United Tests Program to Pay Patients' Share of Medical Bills Who Has the Best Job in America? "Steep Decline" in Competition Benefits Health Insurers Researchers Examine What Makes a Small Medical Group Exemplary
The Last Word
Dressed to Ill
Bobby J. Newbell
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