Sep 2006

Features

ICD-9 Changes: The New Codes Are Here

Cindy Hughes

In Search of a Super Superbill

Leigh Ann Backer

Providing Consistent Care With Standardized Admission Orders

Robert M. Wiprud

A Toolbox of Resources to Simplify Your Practice

The FPM Encounter Forms Collection: 'Paper Automation' of Your Progress Notes

Robert L. Edsall

Improving Communication With Older Patients: Tips From the Literature

Thomas E. Robinson, II; George White, Jr.; John C. Houchins

Departments

From the Editor

A Whole Issue of Doctor Tools
Robert L. Edsall

Coding & Documentation

• 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

News & Trends

• 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 Errors

Practice Pearls

• 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 With Clinical Studies • Display Data in Graph Form

Letters

• Affordable Medications in India

• Creating a Registry for Patients With Chronic Disease

• Precertification, Denials and Appeals

• Which Drugs to Prescribe

• Correction

The Last Word

Why I Never Had an Atari Video Game System
Mitchell L. Cohen

About the CME Quiz

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