Sep 2006
Features
ICD-9 Changes: The New Codes Are Here
In Search of a Super Superbill
Providing Consistent Care With Standardized Admission Orders
A Toolbox of Resources to Simplify Your Practice
The FPM Encounter Forms Collection: 'Paper Automation' of Your Progress Notes
Improving Communication With Older Patients: Tips From the Literature
Departments
From the Editor
A Whole Issue of Doctor Tools
Robert L. Edsall
Letters
• Affordable Medications in India
• Creating a Registry for Patients With Chronic Disease
• Precertification, Denials and Appeals
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
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
The Last Word
Why I Never Had an Atari Video Game System
Mitchell L. Cohen
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