SEPTEMBER 2006

You should start using the updated diagnosis codes Oct. 1.

This superbill incorporates the best characteristics of superbills submitted by FPM readers.

Incorporating these orders into your hospital admission routine will ensure that patients receive comprehensive, appropriate care every time.

FPM’s online toolbox equips you with more than 150 practice management tools.

Our forms can make documentation faster, easier and more accurate while providing decision support and coding help. What more do you want for nothing?

Poor communication with this vulnerable and growing population can undermine your efforts to provide good patient care.

Your practice toolkit isn’t complete without these.

FPM letter to the editor on precertification, denials, and appeals

FPM letter

FPM letter

FPM letter

Connecticut physicians plan to open retail health clinics | Medicare changes enrollment process for physicians | FP recruitment sees an upswing | Certification, safe harbors announced for EHRs | Aetna goes public with physicians' payment rates | IOM report addresses medication…

Pre- and post-op consultations | Multiple allergy shots | OB care after hours | Typhoid immunizations | Care plan oversight and nursing facilities | Exam documentation for 99214 | Documenting review of systems | Billing for Pap smear collections | STD screening

Explain the benefits of pneumonia immunization | Coordinate refills and appointments | Hold a staff appreciation lunch | Use your PDA as a reminder tool | HIPAA and filling out forms in the waiting room | Write it where you’ll need it | Let your patients do their jobs | Keep up…

Technology won’t solve all our problems, and it may even cause a few.